What are the inactive ingredients in medications that account for their weight and size?

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I take a 2mg vitamin supplement tablet and a 150mg tablet of a medication I’m on. The vitamin supplement tablet is actually a bit bigger so I’m wondering what else is in it, what accounts for its weight and size?

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The sucrose and starch answers are correct. The carnauba is also correct, but this is usually the case where they use a paraffin base of some kind that slows its release in the digestion process. This is for slow-release medications.

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