PENTHROX

This brand name is authorized in Australia, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong SAR China, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, UK.

Active ingredients

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

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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:

Document	Type	Information Source
PENTHROX Inhalation vapour	MPI, EU: SmPC	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)

Medicine classification

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

ATC Group		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)
AU	Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme	3489P
CA	Health Products and Food Branch	02474719, 02474727
EE	Ravimiamet	1733385, 1762354, 1762365
FI	Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus	513993
FR	Base de données publique des médicaments	60607503
GB	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency	313630
HK	Department of Health Drug Office	65937
HR	Agencija za lijekove i medicinske proizvode	HR-H-728871075
LT	Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba	1085903, 1085904, 1085905
NL	Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK	203599
NZ	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority	9700
PL	Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych	100380933
SG	Health Sciences Authority	14854P