AZAMUN

This brand name is authorized in Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Azathioprine UNII MRK240IY2L - AZATHIOPRINE

Azathioprine is a pro-drug of 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP). 6-MP is inactive but acts as a purine antagonist and requires cellular uptake and intracellular anabolism to thioguanine nucleotides (TGNs) for immunosuppression. The TGNs and other metabolites (e.g. 6-methyl-mecaptopurine ribonucleotides) inhibit de novo purine synthesis and purine nucleotide interconversions. Read about Azathioprine

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
AZAMUN Film coated tablet	Health Products Regulatory Authority (ZA)	MPI, Generic

Medicine classification

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

ATC code	Group title	Classification
L04AX01	Azathioprine	L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents → L04 Immunosuppressants → L04A Immunosuppressants → L04AX Other immunosuppressants
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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)
Country: HK	Department of Health Drug Office	Identifier(s): 44747, 65195
Country: NZ	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority	Identifier(s): 16595, 16596, 16597, 8288
Country: ZA	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): 36/26/0006