MS CONTIN

This brand name is authorized in Australia, Canada, Japan, Malta, Netherlands, United States

Active ingredients

The drug MS CONTIN contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 Morphine UNII X3P646A2J0 - MORPHINE SULFATE

Morphine is a narcotic analgesic obtained from opium. Morphine acts as an agonist at opiate receptors in the CNS particularly Mu and to a lesser extent Kappa receptors. Mu receptors are thought to mediate supraspinal analgesia, respiratory depression and euphoria, and Kappa receptors, spinal analgesia, miosis and sedation. Read about Morphine

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
MS CONTIN Tablet	FDA, National Drug Code (US)	MPI, US: SPL/PLR

Medicine classification

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

ATC code	Group title	Classification
N02AA01	Morphine	N Nervous system → N02 Analgesics → N02A Opioids → N02AA Natural opium alkaloids
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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: AU	Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme	Identifier(s): 12053J, 12055L, 12476P, 12483B, 12488G, 12492L, 12495P, 12500X, 12505E, 12528J, 12536T, 12544F, 12547J, 1653B, 1654C, 1655D, 1656E, 4349X, 5391R, 8035X, 8146R, 8305D, 8306E, 8453X, 8454Y, 8489T, 8490W
Country: CA	Health Products and Food Branch	Identifier(s): 02014297, 02014300, 02014319, 02014327, 02015439
Country: JP	医薬品医療機器総合機構	Identifier(s): 8114004G1027, 8114004G2023, 8114004G3020
Country: MT	Medicines Authority	Identifier(s): AA565/57101, AA565/57102
Country: NL	Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK	Identifier(s): 23418, 23426, 23434, 23442, 47627
Country: US	FDA, National Drug Code	Identifier(s): 42858-515, 42858-631, 42858-760, 42858-799, 42858-900