PICOPREP

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Brazil, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong SAR China, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey.

Active ingredients

The drug PICOPREP contains a combination of these active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs):

1	Sodium picosulfate UNII LR57574HN8 - SODIUM PICOSULFATE
	Sodium picosulfate is a locally acting laxative from the triarylmethane group, which after bacterial cleavage in the colon, has a dual-action with stimulation of the mucosa of both the large intestine and of the rectum.
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2	Magnesium oxide UNII 3A3U0GI71G - MAGNESIUM OXIDE
	Magnesium oxide (MgO), or magnesia, is an empirical formula of MgO and consists of a lattice of Mg2+ ions and O2− ions held together by ionic bonding.
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3	Sodium citrate UNII XF417D3PSL - ANHYDROUS CITRIC ACID
	Sodium citrate has no relevant pharmacodynamic activity other than that caused by its alkalinity (e.g. its gastric acid neutralising capacity). Sodium citrate is a non-particulate antacid for use by mouth to prior to general anaesthesia for caesarean section.
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Medicine classification

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

ATC Group		Classification
A06AB58	Sodium picosulfate, combinations	A Alimentary tract and metabolism → A06 Laxatives → A06A Laxatives → A06AB Contact laxatives
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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)
BR	Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos	521413110005505
EC	Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria	1379-MEE-0915
EE	Ravimiamet	1448524, 1500253, 1597495
ES	Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS	72279
FI	Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus	593795
FR	Base de données publique des médicaments	66769608
HK	Department of Health Drug Office	60968
JP	医薬品医療機器総合機構	7990103A1029
LT	Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba	1051988, 1065443, 1068149
NL	Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK	94994
NZ	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority	21205, 9005
RO	Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale	W55638001, W55638002, W55638003
SG	Health Sciences Authority	14303P
TN	Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament	16143021
TR	İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu	8697621220638
ZA	Health Products Regulatory Authority	A38/11.5/0389