Note: Ingredients listed on restricted chemical lists
EC/CAS
215-691-6/1344-28-1
Name of the chemical
aluminium oxide
Concentration
N/A
EC/CAS
247-368-0/25956-17-6
Name of the chemical
Disodium 6-hydroxy-5-[(2-methoxy-4-sulphonato-m-tolyl)azo]naphthalene-2-sulphonate (17); (CI 16035)
Concentration
N/A
EC/CAS
200-338-0/57-55-6
Name of the chemical
1,2-propanediol
Concentration
N/A
EC/CAS
13463-67-7
Name of the chemical
Reaction mass of titanium dioxide and silver chloride
Concentration
236-675-
EC/CAS
209-150-3
Name of the chemical
Aluminium, zinc, magnesium and calcium stearates
Concentration
N/A
General Information
Revision date
2013-08-22
Product name
CEPHALEXIN CAPSULES
Chemical name
For Active Ingredient: 7-(D-α-amino-α-phenylacetamido)-3-methyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid, monohydrate
Manufacturer Name
TEVA
Emergency telephone
1-800/424-9300, 01-703-527-3887
Icons in SDS
Company Information
company name
TEVA
e-mail address of the competent person responsible for the Safety Data Sheet
TevaSDSRequest@tevapharm.com
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
Product definition
This product is supplied as capsules that have opaque white bodies and orange caps (250 mg) or opaque orange bodies and caps. Health Hazards: In the workplace, exposure via inhalation and skin contact may cause irritation. Eye contact with drug product can cause mechanical irritation. Non-therapeutic ingestion may be harmful. In therapeutic use, the most common adverse effect has been diarrhea. Indigestion, gastritis, and abdominal pain have also occurred. Some information indicates this material may cause skin and respiratory sensitization and allergic reactions; no specific information is available. As a cephalosporin, this material can cause severe allergic reaction in persons susceptible to these antibiotics; death has been reported. These effects may be possible as a result of workplace exposure. Refer to Section 11 (Toxicological Information) for additional information on adverse effects. Flammability Hazards: This product requires substantial pre-heating before ignition occurs. When involved in a fire, this product may decompose and produce irritating vapors and toxic compounds (including carbon, iron, magnesium, sodium, silicon, titanium and nitrogen oxides). Reactivity Hazards: This product is not reactive.
Environmental hazards
Negligible. Emergency Recommendations Emergency responders must wear personal protective equipment suitable for the situation to which they are responding.
