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Salicylic Acid 40% Gel

Posted by jessah on October 9, 2019 at 10:04 am

Hi everyone,

I need some advise on how to dissolve the Salicylic acid..
We made before 30% gel and it worked., but then with this 40% it wont dissolve anymore with ETOH..
is it safe to use acetone instead? because i read that it is soluble in acetone but the thing is im not that sure if it is safe to use. help anyone?

Thank you

amitvedakar replied 5 years, 1 month ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
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chemicalmatt

Member
October 11, 2019 at 4:47 pm

jessah: STOP there at 30% salicylic aid. That’s my advice. You have wart remover there, not a skin-care product.
jessah

Member
October 12, 2019 at 4:38 am

chemicalmatt said:

jessah: STOP there at 30% salicylic aid. That’s my advice. You have wart remover there, not a skin-care product.

Hi! apparently i am working in a compounding pharmacy, and we are compounding upon the Doctor’s prescription/requests. So this 40% its the Doctor’s request from us either gel/lotion but then ive searched online and it seems i have no luck in finding formulation for 40%.
Fekher

Member
October 12, 2019 at 12:57 pm

@jessah you must use 40% salicylic aid in gel form?
jessah

Member
October 12, 2019 at 1:24 pm

Fekher said:

@jessah you must use 40% salicylic aid in gel form?

Salicylic acid 40% Gel or lotion.. If i have both formulas, its so much better
jessah

Member
October 12, 2019 at 1:27 pm

We’ve tried 5 trials for salicylic acid 40% gel, but still none of them worked.. For lotion i dont have any formulas found online thats why i cannot start with it.
Fekher

Member
October 12, 2019 at 2:21 pm

@jessah i got an idea making 40% salicylic aid product but it is not gel neither lotion so it dosen’t work with you such idea .
belassi

Member
October 12, 2019 at 3:25 pm

This does not surprise me. I just read an article in the NY Times about Compounding Pharmacies. Apparently a lot of what they make is dangerous and unregulated and there have been a LOT of lawsuits.
amitvedakar

Member
October 14, 2019 at 8:41 am

We make 6% & 12% salicylic acid formulation. That is ointment (jelly) base.