ARIPENTIN

This brand name is authorized in South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Gabapentin
UNII 6CW7F3G59X - GABAPENTIN

Gabapentin readily enters the brain and prevents seizures in a number of animal models of epilepsy. Gabapentin binds with high affinity to the α2δ (alpha-2-delta) subunit of voltage-gated calcium channels and it is proposed that binding to the α2δ subunit may be involved in gabapentin’s anti-seizure effects in animals.

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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
N02BF01 Gabapentin N Nervous system → N02 Analgesics → N02B Other analgesics and antipyretics → N02BF Gabapentinoids
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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: ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority Identifier(s): 43/2.5/0104, 43/2.5/0105, 43/2.5/0106

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