BUPICAN

This brand name is authorized in Brazil, Estonia, South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Bupivacaine UNII 7TQO7W3VT8 - BUPIVACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Bupivacaine is an amide-type, long-acting local anesthetic. Bupivicaine reversibly binds to specific sodium ion channels in the neuronal membrane, resulting in a decrease in the voltage-dependent membrane permeability to sodium ions and membrane stabilization; inhibition of depolarization and nerve impulse conduction; and a reversible loss of sensation. Read about Bupivacaine

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
BUPICAN Solution for injection	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
N01BB01	Bupivacaine	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)
Country: BR	Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos	Identifier(s): 533021090075717, 533021090075817, 534100501156410
Country: EE	Ravimiamet	Identifier(s): 1784910
Country: ZA	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): 45/4/0127