FERCELAN

This brand name is authorized in Estonia, Lithuania

Active ingredients

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

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UNII R5L488RY0Q - FERROUS FUMARATE
 

Ferrous fumarate is an easily absorbed source of iron for replacement therapy. It is a salt of ferrous iron with an organic acid and is less irritant to the gastro-intestinal tract than salts with inorganic acids. Iron and iron salts should be given for the treatment or prophylaxis of iron deficiency anaemias.

 
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UNII 935E97BOY8 - FOLIC ACID
 

Folic acid is a member of the vitamin B group which is reduced in the body to tetrahydrofolate, a co-enzyme active in several metabolic processes and produces a haemopoietic response in nutritional megaloblastic anaemias. Folic acid is rapidly absorbed and widely distributed in body tissues.

 
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UNII PQ6CK8PD0R - ASCORBIC ACID
 

Ascorbic acid, coupled with dehydroascorbic acid to which it is reversibly oxidised, has a variety of functions in cellular oxidation processes. Ascorbic acid is required in several important hydroxylations, including the conversion of proline to hydroxyproline and appears to have an important role in metal ion metabolism, including the gastrointestinal absorption of iron and its transport between plasma and storage organs.

 
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Medicine classification

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

ATC Group Classification
B03AE10 Various combinations B Blood and blood forming organs → B03 Antianemic preparations → B03A Iron preparations → B03AE Iron in other combinations
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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)
EE Ravimiamet 1722710, 1722721, 1722732, 1722743, 1722754, 1722765, 1722776, 1722787, 1722798, 1722800, 1722811
LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba 1083868, 1083869, 1083870, 1083871, 1083872, 1083873, 1083874, 1083875, 1083876, 1083877, 1083878

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