NUCYNTA

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

Active ingredients

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

1 Tapentadol UNII 71204KII53 - TAPENTADOL HYDROCHLORIDE

Tapentadol is a strong analgesic with µ-agonistic opioid and additional noradrenaline reuptake inhibition properties. Tapentadol exerts its analgesic effects directly without a pharmacologically active metabolite. Read about Tapentadol

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
NUCYNTA ER Film-coated 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
N02AX06		N Nervous system → N02 Analgesics → N02A Opioids → N02AX Other opioids
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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: CA	Health Products and Food Branch	Identifier(s): 02378272, 02378280, 02378299, 02415577, 02415585, 02415593, 02415607, 02415615
Country: SG	Health Sciences Authority	Identifier(s): 14607P, 14608P, 14609P, 14610P, 14611P
Country: US	FDA, National Drug Code	Identifier(s): 24510-050, 24510-058, 24510-075, 24510-100, 24510-116, 24510-174, 24510-232, 24510-291, 55700-555, 55700-565, 55700-792, 55700-796, 55700-797, 69865-210, 69865-220, 69865-230, 69865-240, 69865-245, 69865-250, 69865-260, 69865-265