METAPRIM

This brand name is authorized in Nigeria.

Active ingredients

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

1	Pyrimethamine UNII Z3614QOX8W - PYRIMETHAMINE
	Pyrimethamine is an antiparasitic agent. The antiparasitic action of pyrimethamine is due to its specific activity on folic acid metabolism in the Plasmodium and Toxoplasma parasites.
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Packages

This drug has been approved in Nigeria as follows:

Identifier	Form	Presentation	Description	Approval
04-2654	Tablet	Metaprim Tablet+++ TAB 25 mg 50 x 10's (in PVC-Alu blisters)	Tablet 6/10/2024 13:45:57 METAPRIM TABLET PYRIMETHAMINE 04-2654 TABLET ORAL PYRIMETHAMINE PYRIMETHAMINE 25MG 50 X 10 POM SKG-PHARMA LIMITED 7/9 SAPARA STREET, OFF OBA AKRAN AVENUE, IKEJA LAGOS SKG-PHARMA LIMITED 7/9 SAPARA STREET, OFF OBA AKRAN AVENUE, IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA 03/07/2020 02/07/2025 No P01BD01	03/07/2020

Medicine classification

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

ATC Group		Classification
P01BD01	Pyrimethamine	P Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents → P01 Antiprotozoals → P01B Antimalarials → P01BD Diaminopyrimidines
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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	04-2654