ACILOC

Active ingredients

The drug ACILOC contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

UNII BK76465IHM - RANITIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Ranitidine is a specific rapidly acting histamine H2-antagonist. It inhibits basal and stimulated secretion of gastric acid, reducing both the volume and the acid and pepsin content of the secretion. Ranitidine has a relatively long duration of action and so a single 150 mg dose effectively suppresses gastric acid secretion for twelve hours.

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Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code
Group title
Classification
A02BA02
Ranitidine
A Alimentary tract and metabolism → A02 Drugs for acid related disorders → A02B DRUGS FOR PEPTIC ULCER AND GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GORD) → A02BA H2-receptor antagonists
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Authorization and marketing

This brand name is authorized in the following countries: Nigeria Singapore

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country
Identification scheme
Identifier(s)
NG
Registered Drug Product Database
Identifier(s): 04-6694
SG
Health Sciences Authority
Identifier(s): 11750P, 11751P