Cromolyn Sodium Inhalation Powder
» Cromolyn Sodium Inhalation Powder is a mixture of equal parts of Lactose and Cromolyn Sodium contained in a hard gelatin capsule. It contains not less than 95.0 percent and not more than 125.0 percent of the labeled amount of cromolyn sodium (C23H14Na2O11).
Packaging and storage
Preserve in tight, light-resistant containers, and store at controlled room temperature. Avoid excessive heat.
Uniformity of dosage units 905:
meets the requirements.
Assay
Assay preparation
Remove and accurately weigh the contents of not fewer than 20 capsules of Cromolyn Sodium Inhalation Powder, and transfer the combined contents to a 250-mL volumetric flask. Dissolve in 100 mL of water, dilute with water to volume, and mix. Transfer an aliquot of this solution, equivalent to 8 mg of cromolyn sodium, to a 250-mL volumetric flask, add 1 mL of pH 7.4 Sodium phosphate buffer, dilute with water to volume, and mix.
Standard preparation
Dissolve a suitable quantity of USP Cromolyn Sodium RS, previously dried in vacuum at 105 to constant weight and accurately weighed, in water to obtain a solution having a known concentration of about 350 µg per mL. Transfer 10 mL of this solution to a 100-mL volumetric flask, add 1 mL of pH 7.4 Sodium phosphate buffer, dilute with water to volume, and mix. The final concentration is about 35 µg per mL.
Procedure
Concomitantly determine the absorbances of the Standard preparation and the Assay preparation in 1-cm cells at the wavelength of maximum absorbance at about 326 nm, with a suitable spectrophotometer, using a solution of pH 7.4 Sodium phosphate buffer (1 in 250) as the blank. Calculate the quantity, in mg, of cromolyn sodium (C23H14Na2O11) in the aliquot taken by the formula:
0.25C(AU / AS)
in which C is the concentration, in µg per mL, of USP Cromolyn Sodium RS in the Standard preparation; and AU and AS are the absorbances of the Assay preparation and the Standard preparation, respectively.
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