Buspar Ingredients and Composition

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Buspar Ingredients and Composition

The active ingredient in Buspar, Buspirone HCl is an antianxiety agent that is not chemically or pharmacologically related to the benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or other sedative/anxiolytic drugs.

Buspirone hydrochloride is a white crystalline, water soluble compound with a molecular weight of 422.0. Chemically, buspirone hydrochloride is 8-[4-[4-(2-pyrimidinyl)-1-piperazinyl) butyl)-8-azaspiro [4,5] decane-7,9- dione monohydrochloride. The empirical formula is C₂₁H₃₁N₅O₂•HCl.

Buspar is supplied for oral administration in 5 mg and 10 mg, white, ovoid-rectangular, scored tablets.

Buspar tablets, 5 mg and 10 mg, contain the following inactive ingredients:

• colloidal silicon dioxide
• lactose
• magnesium stearate
• microcrystalline cellulose
• sodium starch glycolate

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