CUPRIMINE

This brand name is authorized in Brazil, Canada, United States

Active ingredients

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

1 Penicillamine UNII GNN1DV99GX - PENICILLAMINE

Penicillamine is a chelating agent which aids the elimination from the body of certain heavy metal ions, including copper, lead and mercury, by forming stable soluble complexes with them that are readily excreted by the kidney. Read about Penicillamine

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
CUPRIMINE Capsule	FDA, National Drug Code (US)	MPI, US: SPL/Old

Medicine classification

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

ATC code	Group title	Classification
M01CC01	Penicillamine	M Musculo-skeletal system → M01 Antiinflammatory and antirheumatic products → M01C Specific antirheumatic agents → M01CC Penicillamine and similar agents
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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): 503120120001817
Country: CA	Health Products and Food Branch	Identifier(s): 00016055
Country: US	FDA, National Drug Code	Identifier(s): 25010-705