AFTAGEL

This brand name is authorized in France, Tunisia.

Active ingredients

The drug AFTAGEL contains a combination of these active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs):

1
UNII V13007Z41A - LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
 

Lidocaine, like other local anaesthetics, causes a reversible blockade of impulse propagation along nerve fibres by preventing the inward movement of sodium ions through the nerve membrane. Local anaesthetics of the amide-type are thought to act within the sodium channels of the nerve membrane.

 
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2
UNII 89DS0H96TB - ZINC SULFATE, UNSPECIFIED FORM
 

Zinc sulfate is a source of zinc which is an essential trace element and involved in a number of body enzyme systems. Severe deficiency causes skin lesion, alopecia, diarrhoea, increased susceptibility to infections and failure to thrive in children.

 
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Medicine classification

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

ATC Group Classification
N01BB52 Lidocaine, combinations N Nervous system → N01 Anesthetics → N01B Anesthetics, local → N01BB Amides
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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)
FR Base de données publique des médicaments 60007960
TN Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament 7623081

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