Latin, Saccharum Lactis (Gen., Sacchari Lactis)

Eng., Sugar of Milk. Synonym, Lactose. Obtained from the whey of cow's milk.

Form

Usually a white powder.

Odor And Taste

Odorless. A faintly sweet taste.

Solubility

In 4.9 parts of water. Insoluble in alcohol.

Sugar of milk is used in Powder of Ipecac and Opium and Trituration of Elaterin. It is therapeutically inactive, only faintly sweet as compared with cane sugar, and being a clean white powder it makes a very desirable vehicle in administering powders. It is a valuable constituent in the modified milk formulae.

The following will show how it is ordered in prescribing:

As a vehicle:

M. ft. cht. no. v.

Sig

One every half-hour.