PROTEGE

This brand name is authorized in Nigeria.

Active ingredients

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

1	Piroxicam UNII 13T4O6VMAM - PIROXICAM
	Piroxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent with analgesic and antipyretic activity. It is effective regardless of the aetiology of the inflammation.
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Packages

This drug has been approved in Nigeria as follows:

Identifier	Form	Presentation	Description	Approval
A4-0057	Capsule	Protege Capsules CAP 20 mg	101 Piroxicam 20 mg Capsules A4-0057 Protege Capsules Piroxicam, Magnesium Stearate, Lactose, Talcum Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (Nsaid) Oral 20 mg, 10 mg, 150 mg, 10 mg Tablet Prescription Only Medicine (Pom) Me Cure Industries Ltd Me Cure Industries Ltd. Nigeria 01/03/2021 28/02/2026	01/03/2021

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC Group		Classification
M01AC01	Piroxicam	M Musculo-skeletal system → M01 Antiinflammatory and antirheumatic products → M01A Antiinflammatory and antirheumatic products, non-steroids → M01AC Oxicams
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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)
NG	Registered Drug Product Database	A4-0057