Instead, they say, the primary active ingredient in Monster and other carbonated energy drinks is caffeine.
Per 100 grams, baobab actually has more soluble fiber than psyllium, the active ingredient used in laxatives.
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The Fenilox didn't contain any active ingredient, meaning the drug wouldn't prevent bones from weakening and breaking.
Combination hydrocodone drugs usually also contain acetaminophen, the active ingredient in common pain products such as Tylenol.
The fake Avastin, for instance, contained cornstarch, acetone and other chemicals, but no active ingredient to fight cancer.
Like the Telorzan, the knockoff Cialis pills were rife with impurities, and the amount of active ingredient varied wildly.
The company sites studies showing that the active ingredient, quercetin, improves athletic performance.
It took the FDA a while, but eventually it confirmed that Budeprion releases its active ingredient much faster than Wellbutrin.
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The drug, whose active ingredient is tafluprost, was previously approved for use in certain European countries under the brand Saflutan.
Ironically, its active ingredient is radium, a substance more usually thought of as a cause of cancer than as a treatment.
The link for Celebrex is less ironclad, and the active ingredient in Aleve may have even less risk for the heart.
The editorial spells more trouble for Vytorin and its sister drug, Zetia--which share an active ingredient--and for their makers, Merck and Schering-Plough.
The problem some legislators are facing is the abuse of the drug pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in a number of cold medicines.
The studies were done with rabbits, which were given the same dose of the active ingredient SPL7013 that is found in VivaGel.
Marqibo contains the same active ingredient as Oncovin from Eli Lilly, encapsulated in a new technology that could make it target tumors better.
People with severe hair loss typically turn to dermatologists for medicinal treatment such as Minoxidil, an active ingredient in Rogaine, for hair regrowth.
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The pharmacy eventually identified the second group of pills as Vicodin, a combination of the opiate hydrocodone and acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol).
Naproxen, the active ingredient in over-the-counter Aleve, has come out of these trials smelling like a rose as far as heart safety is concerned.
They're readying black wooden fume boards--hive lids lined in absorbent black felt on which they will drizzle butyric acid, the active ingredient in rancid butter.
Its active ingredient is arsenic salt, which is derived from arsenic stone, not unique to China but long used to treat fevers, depression and arthritis.
Bristol-Myers never had a patent on the active ingredient in Taxol.
It's important, however, that you take the prescription version and not the supplement yohimbe, which has been shown to contain varying amounts of the active ingredient.
Then there is a third class, known as similares, medicines which, drugmakers pledge, have the right amount of active ingredient but aren't tested in the body.
The company said some blister packs might contain an inexact count of inert or active ingredient tablets and that the tablets might be out of sequence.
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In dozens of drugs in the United States including anti-HIV medicines, cholesterol-lowering agents, and anti-arthritis medications dangerous substances have been substituted for the active ingredient.
In America, as the patent on a drug's active ingredient expires, its manufacturer will typically file (allegedly) frivolous patent applications based on its delivery method or capsule.
In 2011 Canada made it illegal to possess or import anything (from chemicals to beakers) with the purpose of making meth or MDMA, the active ingredient in ecstasy.
But he says published data in the August 1998 journal of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses on a sanitizer with the same active ingredient shows sustained activity.
And every parent knows that the active ingredient of bad-tasting medicine has more chance of getting inside a child if delivered with the motivating ingredient of cherry flavor.
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