Source: Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (NZ) Revision Year: 2022 Publisher: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Ltd t/a Healthcare Logistics, PO Box 62027, Sylvia Park Auckland 1644, Freecall: 0800 283 684, Email: medinfo.australia@sanofi.com
Flagyl 500 mg suppositories.
Flagyl-S 200 mg/5 mL oral suspension.
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Suppository and oral suspension. Flagyl suppositories are creamy in colour, smooth faced and torpedo shaped. Flagyl-S is a white to cream-yellow (buff) coloured suspension easily dispersible with gentle shaking. |
Flagyl suppositories contain 500 mg metronidazole.
Flagyl-S suspension contains 320 mg metronidazole benzoate, equivalent to 200 mg metronidazole, in each 5 mL.
Flagyl-S suspension also contains 3.01 g sucrose, 4.00 mg methyl parahydroxybenzoate, 1.00 mg propyl parahydroxybenzoate and 0.04 mL ethanol, in each 5 mL.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
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| Methronidazole |
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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Flagyl suppositories contain hard fat as the excipient. Flagyl-S oral solution contains the following excipients:
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Pack size: blister pack 10 suppositories.
Pack size: 100 mL glass bottle.
Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Ltd t/a Healthcare Logistics, PO Box 62027, Sylvia Park Auckland 1644, Freecall: 0800 283 684, Email: medinfo.australia@sanofi.com
Flagyl suppositories: 25 August 1977
Flagyl-S oral suspension: 22 December 1980
| Drug | Countries | |
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| FLAGYL | Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Nigeria, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa |
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