Question
Posted on: August 23 2016We need to make cimetidine syrup 50 mg/ml for a child of 5 years.
We wondered why HCl 1 N 16 ml should be added to the preparation?
Answer
This product is soluble in water (50 mg/ml), with heat as needed, are a clear, colorless to faint yellow solution. The addition of dilute HCl has been reported
to enhance the solubility of this product.
I suspect that for the concentration, you should prepare 16 ml HCl 1 M will not be necessary; maybe a few drops