TromboneAl
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I happened to look at the list of inactive ingredients in the Safeway generic ibuprofen:
Carnauba wax, corn starch, fumed silica gel, hypromellose, lactose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polydextrose, polyethylene glycol, red iron oxide, sodium starch glycolate, stearic acid, titanium dioxide.
I'm not concerned about the ingredients, I'm just surprised that so many different compounds are needed to make the pill stay together, dissolve in your system, and look red.
Carnauba wax, corn starch, fumed silica gel, hypromellose, lactose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polydextrose, polyethylene glycol, red iron oxide, sodium starch glycolate, stearic acid, titanium dioxide.
I'm not concerned about the ingredients, I'm just surprised that so many different compounds are needed to make the pill stay together, dissolve in your system, and look red.