This brand name is authorized in Nigeria
The drug LIFEDRINE contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):
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Proguanil
UNII R71Y86M0WT - PROGUANIL HYDROCHLORIDE
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Proguanil is an antimalarial drug and dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor. It acts like the other antifolate antimalarials by interfering with the folic-folinic acid systems and thus exerts its effect mainly at the time the nucleus is dividing. Proguanil is effective against the exoerythrocytic forms of some strains of plasmodium falciparum but it has little or no activity against the exoerythrocytic forms of p. Vivax. |
This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:
| ATC code | Group title | Classification |
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| P01BB01 | Proguanil | P Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents → P01 Antiprotozoals → P01B Antimalarials → P01BB Biguanides |
This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:
| Country | Identification scheme | Identifier(s) |
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| Country: NG | Registered Drug Product Database | Identifier(s): A4-4758 |
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