SYNTOCINON

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Brazil, Cyprus, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Oxytocin UNII 1JQS135EYN - OXYTOCIN

Oxytocin is a cyclic nonapeptide that is obtained by chemical synthesis. This synthetic form is identical to the natural hormone that is stored in the posterior pituitary and released into the systemic circulation in response to suckling and labour. Read about Oxytocin

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
SYNTOCINON Concentrate for solution for infusion	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
H01BB02	Oxytocin	H Systemic hormonal preparations, excl. Sex hormones and insulins → H01 Pituitary and hypothalamic hormones and analogues → H01B Posterior pituitary lobe hormones → H01BB Oxytocin and analogues
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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): 541518110012617, 541518110012717
Country: ES	Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS	Identifier(s): 39393
Country: FI	Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus	Identifier(s): 385065
Country: FR	Base de données publique des médicaments	Identifier(s): 63355694
Country: GB	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency	Identifier(s): 375200, 44164, 44167
Country: HK	Department of Health Drug Office	Identifier(s): 01729
Country: HR	Agencija za lijekove i medicinske proizvode	Identifier(s): HR-H-207633940, HR-H-314643174
Country: MT	Medicines Authority	Identifier(s): MA1507/01901
Country: MX	Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios	Identifier(s): 50693
Country: NL	Z-Index G-Standaard	Identifier(s): 14084783, 14084791
Country: NL	Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK	Identifier(s): 7536, 7544
Country: SG	Health Sciences Authority	Identifier(s): 02496P
Country: ZA	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): H/19/1963, H/19/1967