NARCAN

This brand name is authorized in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, United States

Active ingredients

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

1 Naloxone
UNII F850569PQR - NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE

Naloxone hydrochloride, a semisynthetic morphine derivative (N-allyl-nor-oxymorphone), is a specific opioid antagonist that acts competitively at opioid receptors. It reveals very high affinity for the opioid receptor sites and therefore displaces both opioid agonists and partial antagonists, such as pentazocine, for example, but also nalorphine.

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Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
NARCAN NALOXONE HCI FDA, National Drug Code (US) MPI, US: SPL/PLR

Medicine classification

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

ATC code Group title Classification
V03AB15 Naloxone V Various → V03 All other therapeutic products → V03A All other therapeutic products → V03AB Antidotes
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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): 11233F
Country: BR Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos Identifier(s): 506709901152411, 506715020056003, 506717070070603
Country: CA Health Products and Food Branch Identifier(s): 02458187
Country: FR Base de données publique des médicaments Identifier(s): 64117646
Country: US FDA, National Drug Code Identifier(s): 51662-1240, 55700-457, 69547-212, 69547-353

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