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The active ingredient in esomeprazole magnesium for delayed-release oral suspension is bis(5-methoxy-2-[(S)-[(4-methoxy-3,5-dimethyl-2-pyridinyl)methyl]sulfinyl]-1 H -benzimidazole-1-yl) magnesium trihydrate, a PPI. Esomeprazole is the S-isomer of omeprazole, which is a mixture of the S- and R- isomers. (Initial U.S. approval of esomeprazole magnesium: 2001). Its molecular formula is (C 17 H 18 N 3 O 3 S) 2 Mg x 3 H 2 O with molecular weight of 767.2 as a trihydrate and 713.1 on an anhydrous basis. The structural formula is: The magnesium salt is a white to slightly colored powder. It contains 3 moles of water of solvation and is soluble in methanol, slightly soluble in water, practically insoluble in heptane. The stability of esomeprazole magnesium is a function of pH; it rapidly degrades in acidic media, but it has acceptable stability under alkaline conditions. At pH 6.8 (buffer), the half-life of the magnesium salt is about 19 hours at 25°C and about 8 hours at 37°C. Esomeprazole magnesium is supplied in packets for a delayed-release oral suspension. Each packet of esomeprazole magnesium for delayed-release oral suspension contains 10 mg of esomeprazole (equivalent to 11.1 mg esomeprazole magnesium trihydrate USP) in the form of enteric-coated granules with the following inactive ingredients: hydroxypropyl cellulose, hypromellose, magnesium carbonate, magnesium oxide, methacrylic acid and ethyl acrylate copolymer dispersion (contains copolymer based on ethyl acrylate and methacrylic acid, polysorbate 80 and sodium lauryl sulfate), mono-and di-glycerides, polysorbate 80, sugar spheres (which contains liquid glucose, starch (maize) and sucrose), talc and triethyl citrate. Each packet of esomeprazole magnesium for delayed-release oral suspension contains esomeprazole, in the form of same enteric-coated granules used in NEXIUM delayed-release capsules, and also inactive granules. The inactive granules are composed of the following ingredients: citric acid anhydrous, crospovidone, dextrose, ferric oxide yellow, hydroxypropyl cellulose and xanthan gum. The esomeprazole granules and inactive granules are constituted with water to form a suspension and are given by oral, nasogastric, or gastric administration. str