SPL Set ID: 5de36266-3964-5aca-e053-2991aa0a2205
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Metaxalone tablets, USP are available as an 800 mg capsule-shaped, scored white to off-white tablet. Chemically, metaxalone is 5-[(3,5- dimethylphenoxy) methyl]-2-oxazolidinone. The empirical formula is C 12 H 15 NO 3 , which corresponds to a molecular weight of 221.25. The structural formula is: Metaxalone is a white to almost white, odorless crystalline powder freely soluble in chloroform, soluble in methanol and in 96% ethanol, but practically insoluble in ether or water. Each tablet contains 800 mg metaxalone and the following inactive ingredients: alginic acid, ammonium alginate, calcium alginate, corn starch, magnesium stearate and pregelatinized starch (starch 1500 partially pregelatinized maize starch). USP Dissolution Test Pending structural formula