PENTHROX

This brand name is authorized in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, United Kingdom

Active ingredients

The drug PENTHROX 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
PENTHROX Inhalation vapour	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)	MPI, EU: SmPC

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