Stability of clonidine hydrochloride in an oral powder form compounded for pediatric patients in Japan

• Main Authors: Jumpei Saito (Author), Takehisa Hanawa (Author), Takahiro Matsumoto (Author), Nozomi Yoshikawa (Author), Tsutomu Harada (Author), Kana Iwahashi (Author), Hidefumi Nakamura (Author), Akimasa Yamatani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Clonidine hydrochloride is used to treat sedative agent withdrawals, malignant hypertension, and anesthesia complications. Clonidine is also prescribed off-label to pediatric patients at a dose of 1 μg/kg. The commercially available enteral form of clonidine, Catapres® tablets, i...