BITALSHIN

This brand name is authorized in Nigeria.

Active ingredients

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

1	Phenobarbital UNII SW9M9BB5K3 - PHENOBARBITAL SODIUM
	Phenobarbital has sedative effects and has some protective action against all varieties of human partial and generalised epilepsy, with the exception of absence seizures. Phenobarbital is also effective in preventing seizures in the corresponding experimental animal models of epilepsy.
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Packages

This drug has been approved in Nigeria as follows:

Identifier	Form	Presentation	Description	Approval
A4-101140	Solution for injection	Bitalshin 100 mg/mL Injection INJ_SOL 100 mg/mL 1 mL x 100's (in amber glass ampoules)	Sterile solution for injection in 1-mL amber glass ampoule. A clear, colorless liquid	18/12/2024

Medicine classification

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

ATC Group		Classification
N03AA02	Phenobarbital	N Nervous system → N03 Antiepileptics → N03A Antiepileptics → N03AA Barbiturates and derivatives
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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)
NG	Registered Drug Product Database	A4-101140