ALCAINE

This brand name is authorized in Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, Hong Kong, Lithuania, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Turkey, United States

Active ingredients

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

1 Proparacaine
UNII U96OL57GOY - PROPARACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Proxymetacaine is a potent topical anaesthetic of the ester type. The main site of anaesthetic action is the nerve cell membrane where proxymetacaine interferes with the large transient increase in the membrane permeability to sodium ions that is normally produced by a slight depolarisation of the membrane.

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Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
ALCAINE Eye drops, solution Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (NZ) MPI, EU: SmPC

Medicine classification

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

ATC code Group title Classification
S01HA04 Proxymetacaine S Sensory organs → S01 Ophthalmologicals → S01H Local anesthetics → S01HA Local anesthetics
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Authorization and marketing

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

Country Identification scheme Identifier(s)
Country: CA Health Products and Food Branch Identifier(s): 00035076
Country: EC Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria Identifier(s): 25.838-08-04
Country: EE Ravimiamet Identifier(s): 1123849
Country: HK Department of Health Drug Office Identifier(s): 21472
Country: LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba Identifier(s): 1010023
Country: NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority Identifier(s): 14831
Country: PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych Identifier(s): 100003640
Country: SG Health Sciences Authority Identifier(s): 04718P
Country: TR İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu Identifier(s): 8699760611360
Country: US FDA, National Drug Code Identifier(s): 0998-0016

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