KYLEENA

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Levonorgestrel
UNII 5W7SIA7YZW - LEVONORGESTREL

The precise mode of action of levonorgestrel as an emergency contraceptive is not known. At the recommended regimen, levonorgestrel is thought to work mainly by preventing ovulation and fertilisation if intercourse has taken place in the preovulatory phase, when the likelihood of fertilisation is the highest.

Read about Levonorgestrel

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
KYLEENA Intrauterine delivery system (IUS) Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) 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
G02BA03 Plastic IUD with progestogen G Genito urinary system and sex hormones → G02 Other gynecologicals → G02B Contraceptives for topical use → G02BA Intrauterine contraceptives
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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: AU Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Identifier(s): 11909T
Country: BR Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos Identifier(s): 538920010029707
Country: CA Health Products and Food Branch Identifier(s): 02459523
Country: EE Ravimiamet Identifier(s): 1703955, 1703966
Country: ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS Identifier(s): 81418
Country: FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Identifier(s): 098089
Country: FR Base de données publique des médicaments Identifier(s): 63463104
Country: GB Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Identifier(s): 350589
Country: IE Health Products Regulatory Authority Identifier(s): 33483
Country: IL מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת Identifier(s): 8396
Country: LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba Identifier(s): 1078678, 1081935
Country: NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK Identifier(s): 141836
Country: PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych Identifier(s): 100358388, 100424748, 100436830, 100447382, 100454476
Country: US FDA, National Drug Code Identifier(s): 50419-424
Country: ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority Identifier(s): 47/32.9/0037

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