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.
Alternate Formula.
| Heroine hydrochloride | 0.06 | Gm. |
| Saccharin | 0.06 | Gm. |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 1.00 | Gm. |
| Tincture of vanilla | 1.50 | Cc. |
| Cacao powder | 3.00 | Gm. |
| Sugar, powdered | 26.00 | Gm. |
Mix the saccharin with the tincture of vanilla; then add the heroine hydrochloride. Permit the alcohol to evaporate. Thoroughly triturate with the sugar, added in portions. Finally add the sodium bicarbonate and the cacao powder; and triturate again until the color is uniform. Compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.
Note:—See note under above formula.
30. TABELLAE HEXAMETHYLENAMINAE DULCES
Sweet Tablets of Hexamethylenamine (Urotropin).
0.03 Gm. (gr. 1/2).
As much as 0.06 Gm. (gr. 1) may be given in this form.