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> Is sodium starch glycolate in the same category as plain starch when
> listed as a drug's inactive ingredient, ie always cornstarch?

Please do not confuse the term starch as applies to foods and medicines.

In US foods, starch as a single term is always cornstarch.  In other
countries, I am not sure about the rules.

In US drugs, starch can be any carbohydrate.

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