Acemetacin

Chemical formula: C₂₁H₁₈ClNO₆  Molecular mass: 415.83 g/mol  PubChem compound: 1981

Active ingredient description

Acemetacin is a glycolic acid ester of indomethacin and the pharmacological activity resulting from acemetacin administration in man is derived from the presence of both acemetacin and indomethacin. The precise pharmacological mode of action of acemetacin is not known. However, unlike other NSAIDs, acemetacin is only a relatively weak inhibitor of prostaglandin synthetase.

Medicine classification

This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:

ATC Group Classification
M01AB11 Acemetacin M Musculo-skeletal system → M01 Antiinflammatory and antirheumatic products → M01A Antiinflammatory and antirheumatic products, non-steroids → M01AB Acetic acid derivatives and related substances
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Product monographs

Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):

Document Type Information Source  
 EMFLEX Capsule MPI, EU: SmPC Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)

Structural formula

Graphic representation of the active ingredient's molecular structure

External identifiers

CAS Substance: 53164-05-9
DrugBank Drug: DB13783
KEGG Drug: D01582
PubChem Compound: 1981
RxNorm Ingredient: 16695
SNOMED-CT Concept: 391704009
Acemetacin (substance)
UNII Identifier: 5V141XK28X
ACEMETACIN

Medicines

Acemetacin is an active ingredient of these brands:

Austria (AT)

Croatia (HR)

Germany (DE)

Japan (JP)

Malta (MT)

Mexico (MX)

Poland (PL)

Turkey (TR)

Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.

 
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