ZIDOVAL

This brand name is authorized in Finland, Israel, Malta, UK.

Active ingredients

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

1	Methronidazole UNII 140QMO216E - METRONIDAZOLE
	Metronidazole is an anti-infectious drug belonging to the pharmacotherapeutic group of nitroimidazole derivatives, which have effect mainly on strict anaerobes. This effect is probably caused by interaction with DNS and different metabolites.
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Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Document	Type	Information Source
ZIDOVAL Vaginal gel	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
G01AF01	Metronidazole	G Genito urinary system and sex hormones → G01 Gynecological antiinfectives and antiseptics → G01A ANTIINFECTIVES AND ANTISEPTICS, EXCL. COMBINATIONS WITH CORTICOSTEROIDS → G01AF Imidazole derivatives
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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)
FI	Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus	002193
GB	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency	191754
IL	מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת	4211
MT	Medicines Authority	AA1187/03601