Australian Approved Name (AAN): Liquid paraffin
Superseded AAN: Paraffin liquid
Common names and synonyms: Mineral oil white; Mineral oil; Liquid petrolatum
Warnings and restrictions: When used as an active ingredient, can only be supplied as an uncompounded medicine substance packed for retail sale, and must comply with an uncompounded substance monograph of the British Pharmacopeia, as in force or existing from time to time.
Allowable purpose of the ingredient: Active. Excipient
TGA reference: British Pharmacopoeia