Synkayvite (menadiol sodium diphosphate), 100 Tablets
date: label: date made
content: ca 1979
label: product expiration date
content: 1980-01-01
name: label: maker
content: Roche Laboratories
notes: label: Description
content: Square, white plastic bottle with round white metal screw cap. Green and white paper label. "ROCHE" in gold print on cap. Item 77032; NDC-4-0037-01. "High Vitamin K Acitvity"
label: Description
content: Exp date: 1 Jan '80; Quality Control No: 0422-12305
label: Description
content: Synkayvite was developed by Roche and approved 1941.
label: Description
content: Synkavite is a water soluble Vitamin-K analog for prevention of bleeding due to hypoprothrombinemia. Antihemorrhagic agent.
label: Description
content: Hypoprothrombinemia: disease characterized by a deficiency of the blood-clotting substance prothrombin, resulting in a tendency to prolonged bleeding. Hypoprothrombinemia is usually associated with a lack of vitamin K, which is necessary for the synthesis of prothrombin in the liver cells. (www.britannica.com)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Nutley
topic: label: collection
content: Georgetown Pharmacy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Matthew E. Donahue, M.D., in memory of Francis Donahue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0136.041
label: accession number
content: 2002.0136
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0136.041
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: menadiol sodium diphosphate, 5 mg per tablet (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic, metal, paper (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm