PENTHROP

This brand name is authorized in Austria, South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Methoxyflurane UNII 30905R8O7B - METHOXYFLURANE

Methoxyflurane belongs to the fluorinated hydrocarbon group of volatile anaesthetic agents and provides analgesia when inhaled at low concentrations in conscious patients. Methoxyflurane induces muscle relaxation and reduces pains sensitivity by altering tissue excitability by decreasing the extent of gap junction mediated cell-cell coupling and altering the activity of the channels that underlie the action potential.

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
PENTHROP Inhalation solution	Health Products Regulatory Authority (ZA)	MPI, Generic

Medicine classification

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

ATC code	Group title	Classification
N02BG09	Methoxyflurane	N Nervous system → N02 Analgesics → N02B Other analgesics and antipyretics → N02BG Other analgesics and antipyretics
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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: ZA	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): 45/2.9/1118