METAZINE

This brand name is authorized in Nigeria.

Active ingredients

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

1	Promethazine UNII R61ZEH7I1I - PROMETHAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
	Promethazine is a potent, long acting, antihistamine with additional anti-emetic central sedative and anti-cholinergic properties.
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Packages

This drug has been approved in Nigeria as follows:

Identifier	Form	Presentation	Description	Approval
04-7921	Syrup	Metazine Syrup SYRUP 5 mg/5 mL 1 x 60 mL, 1 x 100 mL (in amber PET bottles)	Syrup A clear, light-yellow syrup METAZINE SYRUP 04-7921 METAZINE SYRUP Each 5ml contains: Promethazine Hydrochloride BP 5mg, Ethanol (96%) BP 0.25ml, Sucrose BP 3400mg, Citric Acid Anhydrous BP 36mg, Sodium Citrate BP 140mg, Sodium Sulphite BP 5mg, Sodium Metabisulphite BP 5mg, Ascorbic Acid BP 12mg, Caramel Colour USP 1.5mg, Sodium Benzoate BP 5mg, Orange Flavour 0.0125ml, Purified Water BP ……..qs.. 5ml. Drugs ALIMENTARY TRACT AND METABOLISM Drugs UNIQUE PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, FATAI ATERE WAY MATORI, MUSHIN LAGOS LAGOS 8097421000 UNIQUE PHARMARCEUTICALS LIMITED, 11, FATAI ATERE WAY, MATORI, MUSHIN, LAGOS., Nigeria 2/23/2023 2/22/2028	23/02/2023

Medicine classification

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

ATC Group		Classification
R06AD02	Promethazine	R Respiratory system → R06 Antihistamines for systemic use → R06A Antihistamines for systemic use → R06AD Phenothiazine 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	04-7921