MEDLENIK

This brand name is authorized in Japan

Active ingredients

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

1 Ferrous chloride
UNII U38V3ZVV3V - FERRIC CHLORIDE
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2 Manganese
UNII QQE170PANO - MANGANESE CHLORIDE

Manganese is required for the synthesis of the mucopolysaccharides of cartilage, glucose utilisation, steroid biosynthesis and for the activity of pyruvate carboxylase. It is bound to arginase of the liver and activates many enzymes.

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3 Zinc sulfate
UNII 89DS0H96TB - ZINC SULFATE, UNSPECIFIED FORM

Zinc sulfate is a source of zinc which is an essential trace element and involved in a number of body enzyme systems. Severe deficiency causes skin lesion, alopecia, diarrhoea, increased susceptibility to infections and failure to thrive in children.

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4 Copper sulfate
UNII LRX7AJ16DT - CUPRIC SULFATE
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5 Potassium iodide
UNII 1C4QK22F9J - POTASSIUM IODIDE

Potassium iodide is indicated as a thyroid-blocking agent to prevent the uptake of radioactive iodine, for example after a nuclear accident or during a nuclear medicine investigation before administering a radioiodinated compound, which is metabolised to iodide or which contains radioiodine impurities.

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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: JP 医薬品医療機器総合機構 Identifier(s): 3229501A1060, 3229501G1046

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