NOVALGIN

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Germany, Turkey

Active ingredients

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

1 Metamizole sodium
UNII VSU62Z74ON - METAMIZOLE SODIUM

Metamizole sodium is a pyrazolone derivative with analgesic, antipyretic and slight antiinflammatory and spasmolytic properties. It has the most potent analgesic effect of all the pyrazolone derivatives. As with other analgesics, its mechanism of action has not been elucidated in detail. It includes inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis (PGE1 and PGE2) and reversible inhibition of platelet aggregation. It inhibits cyclo-oxygenase and influences the effect of arachidonic acid.

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Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
NOVALGIN Solution for injection Web Search 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
N02BB02 Metamizole sodium N Nervous system → N02 Analgesics → N02B Other analgesics and antipyretics → N02BB Pyrazolones
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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: DE Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte Identifier(s): 00237848, 00731465, 00731531, 00731577, 00731583, 00731672, 01553758, 01599654, 03059407, 04527098, 06053291
Country: TR İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu Identifier(s): 8683060570052, 8683060590012, 8683060750102, 8683060750126, 8699809015012, 8699809018549

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