so today i finally got my 1pt bottle of chlorhexidine in the mail, its 2% chlorhexidine gluconate, is this the right stuff to clean my tanks with? cuz ive heard of chlorhexidine acetate and chlorhexidine diacetate(nolvasan), whats the difference between these?
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Help with Chlorhexidine gluconate? acetate? diacetate?
dc516
Aug 02, 2004 07:56 PM
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serpentcity
Aug 03, 2004 10:02 PM
...of the same active ingredient chlorhexidine. The different salts have varying but fairly similar solubilities. Different companies use diff salts to avoid patent infringements, etc.
Scott J. Michaels DVM
Serpent City
dc516
Aug 03, 2004 11:06 PM
i was just about to call my vet and ask him what the differences are. thanks for the help
- David
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