LOCASYN

This brand name is authorized in Hong Kong

Active ingredients

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

1 Proxymetacaine hydrochloride
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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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: HK Department of Health Drug Office Identifier(s): 64843

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