The lingering menace of diethylene glycol / ethylene glycol adulteration
European Pharmaceutical Review
DECEMBER 13, 2022
2 The issue arose because sulfanilamide is an extremely bitter tasting drug and to taste-mask the elixir formulation for use in children, the compounding pharmacist used EG as it was a good solvent, sweet-tasting and cheap. There is now global awareness of this issue and FDA issued a guidance note on the problem in 2007. 24 June 2008.
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