Pvp Polyvinylpyrrolidone

Chemical Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), also commonly called polyvidone or povidone, is a water-soluble polymer made from the monomer N-vinylpyrrolidone Pharmaceutical Product. Polyvinylpyrrolidone Pvp was used as a plasma volume expander for trauma victims after the 1950s. It is not preferred as volume expander due to its ability to provoke histamine release and also interfere with blood grouping. Pvp K90 Polyvinylpyrrolidone is used as a binder in many pharmaceutical tablets;it simply passes through the body when taken orally. (However, autopsies have found that crospovidone (PVPP) contributes to pulmonary vascular injury in substance abusers who have injected pharmaceutical tablets intended for oral consumption