EMLA

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong SAR China, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, UK.

Active ingredients

The drug EMLA contains a combination of these active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs):

1
UNII 98PI200987 - LIDOCAINE
 

Lidocaine, like other local anaesthetics, causes a reversible blockade of impulse propagation along nerve fibres by preventing the inward movement of sodium ions through the nerve membrane. Local anaesthetics of the amide-type are thought to act within the sodium channels of the nerve membrane.

 
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2
UNII 046O35D44R - PRILOCAINE
 

Prilocaine is a toluidine derivative and intermediate-acting amino amide with local anesthetic property. Prilocaine binds to the intracellular surface of sodium channels which blocks the subsequent influx of sodium into the cell. Action potential propagation and never function is, therefore, prevented. This block is reversible and when the drug diffuses away from the cell, sodium channel function is restored and nerve propagation returns.

 
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Medicine classification

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

ATC Group Classification
D04AB01 Lidocaine D Dermatologicals → D04 Antipruritics, incl. antihistamines, anesthetics, etc. → D04A Antipruritics, incl. antihistamines, anesthetics, etc. → D04AB Anesthetics for topical use
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N01BB04 Prilocaine N Nervous system → N01 Anesthetics → N01B Anesthetics, local → N01BB Amides
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N01BB20 Combinations N Nervous system → N01 Anesthetics → N01B Anesthetics, local → N01BB Amides
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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)
BR Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos 505618100044717, 505618100044817
CA Health Products and Food Branch 00886858, 02057794
EE Ravimiamet 1075306, 1151446, 1163843, 1257375, 1782301
ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS 61096
FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus 007784, 447300, 447557, 528869
FR Base de données publique des médicaments 63396602, 67458460
GB Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 194666, 194667, 29374, 399390, 76684
HK Department of Health Drug Office 27892
IL מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת 2535
JP 医薬品医療機器総合機構 1219800N1023, 1219800S1027
MT Medicines Authority MA955/01001, PI1438/05801A, PI908/15602A
MX Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios 120M98, 375M2002
NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK 25321, 39667
NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority 4617, 4618
PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych 100021795, 100082578, 100255895, 100262990, 100289256, 100308893, 100334198, 100358342, 100372069, 100413584, 100425819, 100429591, 100436496, 100450889, 100453000, 100459723, 100468510
SG Health Sciences Authority 06443P
TN Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament 5103061
TR İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu 8699874080502
ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority 30/4/0478, Z/4/51

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