What are the inactive ingrients in medicines for?


Question:
When I read the drug facts label there are always active and inactive ingriedients...what purpose do the inactive ingredients serve?

Answers:
Inactive ingredients serve many purposes. To entirely fill the capsil if the medicine isn't enough, mask a taste, slow digestion and so forth.

I included the fda's listing of what inactive ingredients are approved. and 2 other sites that discuss the use of and why.
Fillers. Things that hold the pill together, give it it's color, help it break down in your stomach.


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