Home › Forums › DISCUSSION FORUMS › GENERAL HEALTH › Medications / Salts This topic is empty. Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) Author Posts July 1, 2009 at 3:36 pm #1112 chaosMember I have noticed many (all?) medications are some type of salt, (i.e. Diphenhydramine HCl, Fluoxetine HCl, some are KCl). Why is this? (intereseing note, doing research, I learned diphenhydramine actually “gave birth” to fluoxetine) July 1, 2009 at 10:36 pm #2373 DrMariano2Participant @chaos 406 wrote: I have noticed many (all?) medications are some type of salt, (i.e. Diphenhydramine HCl, Fluoxetine HCl, some are KCl). Why is this? (intereseing note, doing research, I learned diphenhydramine actually “gave birth” to fluoxetine) This is probably done to make the product more stable as a solid in a pill or capsule. Author Posts Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In