Bethanechol Chloride Oral Solution
DEFINITION
Bethanechol Chloride Oral Solution contains NLT 90.0% and NMT 110.0% of the labeled amount of bethanechol chloride (C7H17ClN2O2).
Prepare Bethanechol Chloride Oral Solution 5 mg/mL as follows (see Pharmaceutical Compounding—Nonsterile Preparations 795).
Bethanechol Chloride 500 mg
Vehicle for Oral Solution (regular or sugar-free), NF, a sufficient quantity to make 100 mL
Add Bethanechol Chloride powder and about 20 mL of Vehicle to a mortar, and mix. Add the Vehicle in small portions almost to volume, and mix thoroughly after each addition. Transfer the contents of the mortar, stepwise and quantitatively, to a calibrated bottle. Add enough Vehicle to bring to final volume, and mix well.
ASSAY
•  Procedure
Mobile phase:  Acetonitrile and water (33:67)
Standard solution:  500 µg/mL of USP Bethanechol Chloride RS in Mobile phase
Sample solution:  Agitate the container of Oral Solution for 30 min on a rotating mixer, remove a 10-mL sample, and store in a clear glass vial at 70 until analyzed. At the time of analysis, remove the sample from the freezer, allow it to reach room temperature, and mix with a vortex mixer for 30 s. Dilute a suitable volume of Oral Solution with Mobile phase to obtain a nominal concentration of 500 µg/mL of bethanechol chloride.
Chromatographic system 
Mode:  LC
Detector:  UV 200 nm
Column:  4.6-mm × 25-cm; 5-µm packing L1
Flow rate:  0.7 mL/min
Injection size:  20 µL
System suitability 
Sample:  Standard solution
[Note—The retention time of bethanechol chloride is about 3 min. ]
Suitability requirements 
Relative standard deviation:  NMT 3.1% for replicate injections
Analysis 
Samples:  Standard solution and Sample solution
Calculate the percentage of the labeled amount of bethanechol chloride (C7H17ClN2O2) in the portion of Oral Solution taken:
Result = (rU/rS) × (CS/CU) × 100
rU== peak response from the Sample solution
rS== peak response from the Standard solution
CS== concentration of bethanechol chloride in the Standard solution (µg/mL)
CU== nominal concentration of bethanechol chloride in the Sample solution (µg/mL)
Acceptance criteria:  90.0%–110.0%
SPECIFIC TESTS
•  pH 791: 3.9–4.9
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
•  Packaging and Storage: Package in tight, light-resistant containers. Store at room temperature or in a cold place.
•  Beyond-Use Date: NMT 60 days after the day on which it was compounded
•  Labeling: Label it to state the Beyond-Use Date.
•  USP Reference Standards 11
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