# E-DRUG: Help wanted - Russian drug (3)

**URL:** https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-help-wanted-russian-drug-3/1532
**Category:** e-drug
**Created:** [October 14, 1997, 11:02am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-help-wanted-russian-drug-3/1532 "1997-10-14T11:02:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![George\_Oswald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9a140/32.png) [@George\_Oswald](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/George_Oswald)
#### Post date: [October 14, 1997, 11:02am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-help-wanted-russian-drug-3/1532/1 "1997-10-14T11:02:59Z")

</div>

E-DRUG: Help wanted - Russian drug (3)  
--------------------------------------  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  
MUCALTHINI TABULETTAE 0.05 is the Latin name. The name as  
transliterated from the Russian is MUKALTIN. According to the  
classic Russian handbook "Medicinal Preparations" by M.D. Mashkovsky  
(1994), Mukaltin tablets contain 50 mg mukaltin, a mixture of  
polysaccharides from Althea Officinalis L.; 87 mg sodium bicarbonate,  
and 160 mg tartaric acid. Mukaltin tablets are indicated as a mucolytic.  
Dosage is indicated as 1-2 tablets taken before meals during 7-14 days.  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  
Regards,

George Oswald  
Senior Pharmaceutical Adviser  
United States Agency for International Development  
Moscow, Russia  
c/o IBTCI Moscow  
tel. (7095) 213-9253 / 9123  
fax (7095) 213-9255  
e-mail: goswald@online.ru

--  
Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.  
Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'.  
For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.