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Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
French term or phrase: RP
Composition:
Aspirine enrobée (RP)
Carbonate de calcium
Aspartame
etc.
Nancy Lynn Bogar
Canada
Local time: 02:27


Summary of answers provided
4typo for CP comprimé ? Coated aspirin tablet
Drmanu49
2Aspirin (RP)Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
2registered product
Joanne Archambault


  

Answers


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typo for CP comprimé ? Coated aspirin tablet


Explanation:
L'aspirine et tous les autres A.I.N.S. (Anti Inflammatoires Non Stéroidiens) sont formellement .... VOLTARENE 25 mg cp enrobé gastrorésistant ( diclofénac ) ...
www.chu-toulouse.fr/IMG/pdf/Noteinfo.pdf

Aspirin is available in a dispersible tablet (dissolved in water), or an enteric coated tablet (dissolves slowly in the bloodstream). ...
www.dooyoo.co.uk/health.../aspirin/440274/ -

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Note added at 44 mins (2009-10-30 17:53:21 GMT)
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could also be a typo for LP libération prolongée but still a typo.

KETOPROFENE RANBAXY LP 200 mg, comprimé enrobé à libération prolongée - Mises en garde. ... notamment chez les sujets allergiques à l'aspirine ou à un AINS. ...
www.informationhospitaliere.com/medicament_6-3494-ketoprofe...

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Note added at 44 mins (2009-10-30 17:54:02 GMT)
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VOLTARENE LP 100 MG, COMPRIME ENROBE A LIBERATION PROLONGEE, Comprimé rond enrobé ..... Il existe une réaction croisée entre l'aspirine et les autres AINS. ...
www.therapeutique.info/rcp.php?code=8833 -

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 08:27
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Notes to answerer
Asker: I thought maybe extended release?

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registered product


Explanation:
Like the R with a circle around it:
registered trademark Bayer® Adult Low Strength Enteric Coated Aspirin Tablets

Not sure of the context here, but it seems like they are making a new formulation with a standard coated aspirin tablet + Ca carbonate filler + Aspartame to make it a bit sweet...

Joanne Archambault
United States
Local time: 02:27
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Aspirin (RP)


Explanation:
RP could be in reference to an agent that inhibits gastric acid secretion stimulated by aspirin, for protecting the stomach lining..

http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/273/3/101...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-10-30 21:08:58 GMT)
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Or, "enterically coated Aspirin (RP)".

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-30 21:09:51 GMT)
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RP 73870 is a potent inhibitor of aspirin-induced gastric damage in the rat. In the prevention of aspirin-induced gastric damage, RP 73870,

Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 23:27
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArmenianArmenian
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Joanne Archambault: I looked at your reference... the "RP" is an abbreviation for Rhone-Poulenc who made the "73780" experimental drug compound with the said properties... When I was at Wyeth, we named all our compounds "WYE-XXXXX"
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Doctor, for your clarification. I am not so sure that RP is the name of the chemical agent either. Otherwise, it would have beene very well known all overthe world! So could it be Rhone-Poulenc?
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