Sweet Tablets of Heroine.
0.0006 Gm. (gr. 1/100).
Caution:—Owing to the toxicity of heroine only a small number of these tablets should be ordered at one time.
| Heroine hydrochloride | 0.06 | Gm. |
| Alcoholic solution of saccharin, 3% | 2.00 | Cc. |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 1.00 | Gm. |
| Vanilla cacao sugar | 29.00 | Gm. |
Mix the heroine hydrochloride with the alcoholic solution of saccharin (in a hot mortar if in a hurry) and permit the alcohol to evaporate; then add the vanilla cacao sugar. Triturate thoroughly; and compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.
Note:—If any difficulty is found in the compressing of these tablets, the addition of a small amount of shaved paraffin will overcome it.