POTABA Powder for oral solution Ref.[108421] Active ingredients: 4-Aminobenzoic acid

Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)  Revision Year: 2022  Publisher: Neon Healthcare Ltd., 8 The Chase, John Tate Road, Hertford, SG13 7NN, United Kingdom

Product name and form

Potaba 3 g Powder Sachets.

Potassium para-aminobenzoate 3 g Powder Sachets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Powder for oral solution.

Each sachet contains 3 g white/off-white powder.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each sachet contains 3 g potassium para-aminobenzoate.

Active Ingredient Description
4-Aminobenzoic acid

4-aminobenzoic acid (also known as para-aminobenzoic acid or PABA because the two functional groups are attached to the benzene ring across from one another in the para position) is an aminobenzoic acid in which the amino group is para to the carboxy group. PABA is an intermediate in the synthesis of folate by bacteria, plants, and fungi. The potassium salt is used as a drug against fibrotic skin disorders, such as Peyronie’s disease. PABA is also occasionally used in pill form by sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome to treat its associated gastrointestinal symptoms, and in nutritional epidemiological studies to assess the completeness of 24-hour urine collection for the determination of urinary sodium, potassium, or nitrogen levels.

List of Excipients

None in this presentation.

Pack sizes and marketing

Cardboard outer containing 40 foil laminate sachets.

Marketing authorization holder

Neon Healthcare Ltd., 8 The Chase, John Tate Road, Hertford, SG13 7NN, United Kingdom

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

PL 45043/0044

28/04/1981 / 16/01/2004

Drugs

Drug Countries
POTABA Austria, Estonia, United Kingdom

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