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Inactive ingredient

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excipientnoun(pharmacy, pharmacology) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.
vehiclenounA conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
formulantnounAny inactive or inert substance added to a formulation (of pesticides, pharmaceuticals etc)
nonmedicationnounA product or substance that is not a medication.
adjuvantnoun(formal) Someone or (more commonly) something that assists, facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper.
placebonoun(medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
nonstimulant(pharmacology) Any substance that is not a stimulant.
supplementationnounThe act of supplementing
potentiatornoun(medicine) A drug that enhances the response to another.
antiplacebonounThe situation where somebody who expects an inert substance is given an active one instead.
adjunct treatmentnoun(medicine) An additional treatment (e.g. a drug or procedure) used to increase the efficacy or safety of a primary treatment.
costimulantnoun(pharmacology) Something that stimulates along with something else
contrastimulantnoun(archaic, pharmacology) Any substance that counteracts a stimulant.
anticatalystnounAny substance that inhibits the activity of a catalyst.
herbal supplementnounA preparation that provides vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other essential nutrients for a health goal or purported health benefit.
mixturenounSomething produced by mixing.
bitterantnounA chemical that is added to a product to make it smell or taste bitter.
inactivatornounThat which inactivates.
prodrugnoun(pharmacology) A drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound.
counterirritantnoun(pharmacology) Any substance used to cause inflammation in one part of the body with the goal of lessening inflammation elsewhere.

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