Carac Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Fluorouracil

Carac Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Fluorouracil

CaracÔ Cream, 0.5% (fluorouracil cream)

FOR TOPICAL DERMATOLOGICAL USE ONLY

(NOT FOR OPHTHALMIC, ORAL, OR INTRAVAGINAL USE)

Carac (fluorouracil cream) Cream, 0.5%, contains fluorouracil for topical dermatologic use. Chemically, fluorouracil is 5-fluoro-2,4(1H, 3H)-pyrimidinedione. The molecular formula is C₄H₃FN₂O₂. Fluorouracil has a molecular weight of 130.08.  Its chemical structure:

Carac Cream contains 0.5% fluorouracil, with 0.35% being incorporated into a patented porous microsphere (MicrospongeÒ)^‡ composed of methyl methacrylate / glycol dimethacrylate crosspolymer and dimethicone. The cream formulation contains the following other inactive ingredients: carbomer 940, dimethicone, glycerin, methyl gluceth-20, methyl methacrylate / glycol dimethacrylate crosspolymer, methylparaben, octyl hydroxy stearate, polyethylene glycol 400, polysorbate 80, propylene glycol, propylparaben, purified water, sorbitan monooleate, stearic acid, and trolamine.