SEHCAT

This brand name is authorized in Spain, Ireland, United Kingdom

Active ingredients

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

1 Selenium ⁷⁵Se tauroselcholic acid UNII 5E090O0G3Z - TAUROCHOLIC ACID

Tauroselcholic acid is a bile acid analogue which shows identical physiological behaviour with naturally occurring bile acid conjugates. At the chemical concentrations and activities used for diagnostic procedures [75Se]tauroselcholic acid does not appear to exert any pharmacodynamic effects. It is used for the investigation of bile acid malabsorption and measurement of bile acid pool loss. Read about Selenium ⁷⁵Se tauroselcholic acid

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
SEHCAT Capsule, hard	Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE)	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
V09DX01	Selenium (75Se) tauroselcholic acid	V Various → V09 Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals → V09D Hepatic and reticulo endothelial system → V09DX Other hepatic and reticulo endothelial system diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals
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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: ES	Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS	Identifier(s): 72005
Country: GB	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency	Identifier(s): 398570