Glycerol → Bupivacaine (USAN:INN:BAN)

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A composition suitable for administration in vaginal suppository form 1a prepared by weighing 2 mg of finely divided polynucleotide medicinal substance into a tared container, adding 10 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine HCl in purified water, to make a total of 10 g, and dissolving or mixing depending on the solubility of the medicinal substance; 70 g of glycerin is added and mixed; 20 g of granular gelatin is then added and the composition heated carefully on a steam bath until the gelatin is dissolved. The melted mixture is is poured into chilled molds to yield 20 vaginal suppositories of 6 grams each containing 100 mcg of polynucleotide medicinal substance in admixture with 2.5 mg bupivacaine.

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