ZELMERON

This brand name is authorized in South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Donepezil
UNII 3O2T2PJ89D - DONEPEZIL HYDROCHLORIDE

Donepezil hydrochloride is a specific and reversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, the predominant cholinesterase in the brain. Donepezil hydrochloride is in vitro over 1000 times more potent an inhibitor of this enzyme than of butyrylcholinesterase, an enzyme that is present mainly outside the central nervous system.

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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
N06DA02 Donepezil N Nervous system → N06 Psychoanaleptics → N06D Anti-dementia drugs → N06DA Anticholinesterases
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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: ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority Identifier(s): 43/5.3/0435, 43/5.3/0436

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