STABLE INJECTABLE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF EPINEPHRINE OR SALTS THEREOF

摘要

The present invention refers to a stabilized injectable pharmaceutical composition of epinephrine or salts thereof comprising sodium metabisulfite, wherein the ratio of the amount of epinephrine or salt thereof to sodium metabisulfite in the composition ranges from about 1 :0.005 to about 1:1.5 by weight. It has been observed that stable injectable epinephrine compositions with excellent storage stability and substantially free of overages can be prepared using sodium metabisulfite in said ratios. Particularly, it was found that using sodium metabisulfite in said ratios controls levels of adrenaline sulfonate impurity in said pharmaceutical compositions.