“…The official USP XX procedure for the analytical determination of this drug substance, both alone and in its pharmaceutical dosage form, is based on the reaction of I with excess silver nitrate, producing the silver acetylide and nitric acid (1,2). The official USP XX procedure for the analytical determination of this drug substance, both alone and in its pharmaceutical dosage form, is based on the reaction of I with excess silver nitrate, producing the silver acetylide and nitric acid (1,2).…”