OROXINE Tablet Ref.[49827] Active ingredients: Levothyroxine

Source: Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE)  Revision Year: 2021  Publisher: Aspen Pharma Trading Limited, 3016 Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Ireland

Product name and form

Oroxine 25 microgram tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Tablets.

Levothyroxine sodium 25 microgram tablets are round, 6.5mm in diameter, white coloured, flat, bevelled tablets debossed with ‘25’ on the one side and a breakline on the other side. The tablet can be divided into equal doses.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each tablet of Oroxine 25 microgram contains 27.8 microgram of levothyroxine sodium pentahydrate equivalent to 25 microgram of levothyroxine sodium.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Levothyroxine

Levothyroxine sodium is used for the treatment of hypothyroidism. The chief action of levothyroxine is to increase the rate of cell metabolism.

List of Excipients

Microcrystalline cellulose PH101 (E460)
Pregelatinised maize starch
Talc (E553b)
Colloidal anhydrous silica (E551)
Magnesium stearate (E470b)

Pack sizes and marketing

High density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles, closed with white polypropylene (PP) screw caps with foil heat induction seals, and with a 1.0 g white polypropylene canister containing oxygen absorber. The canister (oxygen absorber) should remain inside the bottle during the in-use period.

Pack sizes

For Oroxine 25 and 50 microgram tablets: 28, 50, 60 tablets.

For Oroxine 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200 microgram tablets: 28, 50, 60, 84, 90, 100, 112 tablets.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Aspen Pharma Trading Limited, 3016 Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Ireland

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

PA1691/013/001

Date of first authorisation: 12th September 2014
Date of last renewal: 10th April 2019

Drugs

Drug Countries
OROXINE Austria, Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, Poland

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