NITRAZEPAM Tablet Ref.[9819] Active ingredients: Nitrazepam

Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)  Revision Year: 2020  Publisher: Accord-UK Ltd (Trading style: Accord), Whiddon Valley, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 8NS

Product name and form

Nitrazepam 5mg tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Tablet.

White, circular, flat bevelled-edge uncoated tablets impressed “C” and the identifying letters “NA” on either side of a central division line on one face.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each tablet contains 5mg of nitrazepam.

Excipients with known effect: Each tablet contains 504.17mg lactose.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Nitrazepam

Nitrazepam is a benzodiazepine compound with sedative properties. It acts in 30 to 60 minutes to produce sleep lasting 6 to 8 hours.

List of Excipients

Lactose
Magnesium stearate
Maize starch
Stearic acid

Pack sizes and marketing

The product containers are rigid injection moulded polypropylene or injection blow-moulded polyethylene tablet containers with polyfoam wad and snap-on polyethylene lids; in case any supply difficulties should arise the alternative is amber glass bottles with screw caps and polyfoam wad or cotton wool.

The product may also be supplied in blister packs in cartons:

  • Carton: Printed carton manufactured from white folding box board.
  • Blister pack: (i) 250ยตm white rigid PVC. (ii) Surface printed 20ยตm hard temper aluminium foil with 5-7g/M2 PVC and PVdC compatible heat seal lacquer on the reverse side.

Pack sizes: 28’s, 30’s, 56’s, 60’s, 84’s, 90’s, 100’s, 112’s, 168’s, 180’s, 250’s, 500’s, 1000’s.

Product may also be supplied in bulk packs, for reassembly purposes only, in polybags contained in tins, skillets or polybuckets filled with suitable cushioning material. Bulk packs are included for temporary storage of the finished product before final packaging into the proposed marketing containers.

Maximum size of bulk packs: 25,000.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Accord-UK Ltd (Trading style: Accord), Whiddon Valley, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 8NS

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

PL 0142/0086

September 1977

September 1997

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