POSTINOR

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Brazil, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, New Zealand, Romania, Singapore

Active ingredients

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

1 Levonorgestrel
UNII 5W7SIA7YZW - LEVONORGESTREL

The precise mode of action of levonorgestrel as an emergency contraceptive is not known. At the recommended regimen, levonorgestrel is thought to work mainly by preventing ovulation and fertilisation if intercourse has taken place in the preovulatory phase, when the likelihood of fertilisation is the highest.

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Medicine classification

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

ATC code Group title Classification
G03AC03 Levonorgestrel G Genito urinary system and sex hormones → G03 Sex hormones and modulators of the genital system → G03A Hormonal contraceptives for systemic use → G03AC Progestogens
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G03AD01 Levonorgestrel G Genito urinary system and sex hormones → G03 Sex hormones and modulators of the genital system → G03A Hormonal contraceptives for systemic use → G03AD Emergency contraceptives
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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: BR Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos Identifier(s): 568418010000017
Country: EE Ravimiamet Identifier(s): 1482803, 1816231
Country: ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS Identifier(s): 39664-9-6-2015, 67515, PL05276-0019
Country: FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Identifier(s): 104466, 449107
Country: HK Department of Health Drug Office Identifier(s): 49747
Country: IL מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת Identifier(s): 5165
Country: LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba Identifier(s): 1011782, 1055255, 1066753, 1068230, 1092805
Country: MX Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios Identifier(s): 336M99
Country: NG Registered Drug Product Database Identifier(s): 04-6985
Country: NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority Identifier(s): 11656
Country: RO Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale Identifier(s): W10117001, W68033001
Country: SG Health Sciences Authority Identifier(s): 11836P

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