SPL Set ID: 463c7cd2-c973-5c6c-e063-6394a90a09a0
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The active ingredient in prednisone delayed-release tablet is prednisone (a corticosteroid). Corticosteroids are adrenocortical steroids, both naturally occurring and synthetic. The molecular formula for prednisone is C 21 H 26 O 5 . The chemical name for prednisone is 17,21-dihydroxypregna-1,4-diene-3,11,20-trione, and the structural formula is: Prednisone, USP is a white to practically white crystalline powder and has a molecular weight of 358.44 g/mol. Prednisone, USP is practically insoluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol (96 per cent) and in methylene chloride. Prednisone delayed-release tablet is a delayed-release prednisone tablet. It consists of a prednisone-containing core tablet in an inactive shell, which delays the onset of in vitro drug dissolution by approximately 4 hours. Each tablet contains 1 mg, or 2 mg of prednisone, USP with the following inactive ingredients: dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate, colloidal silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, glycerol dibehenate, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, povidone, yellow ferric oxide and red ferric oxide. Each prednisone delayed-release tablet contains 30 mg of phosphorous. Each prednisone delayed-release tablet contains less than 5 mg of sodium. chemical-structure