E-drug: Re: Non-availablity of pyridostigmine (Mestinon) in Pakistan
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Dear Zafar
Here is a list of synonym, tradenames and producers as reported in the
Index Nominum. Price in Italy would be about 13 cents per 60 mg tablet.
Official Synonym
Pyridostigmine DCF
Pyridostigmine Bromide BAN
Pharmacopoeia
Pyridostigminbromid DAC 1986
Pyridostigmine (bromure de) Ph. Fran�. X
Pyridostigmine Bromide BP 1993, JP XII, USP 23
Pyridostigmini bromidum Ph. Int. III
Pyridostigminium bromatum PhBs IV
Pyridostigminum bromatum 2.AB-DDR
International Tradename
Kalymin� (Arzneimittelwerk Dresden, Germany)
Kalymin� (ASTA Medica, Czech Republic)
Mestinon� (Edward Keller, Hong Kong)
Mestinon� (ICN, Canada)
Mestinon� (ICN, USA)
Regonol� (Organon)
Regonol� (Organon, Canada)
Take care
Antonio Addis
Regional Drug Information Center (CRIF)
Laboratory for Mother and Child Health
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri"
Milano, Italy
addis@irfmn.mnegri.it
[Note from moderator: I have been told that this drug is found in huge
quantities in all military forces' stocks as it is used as protection
against nerve gas. As seen above it is found in several Pharmacopoeaes and
it is produced by other companies than Roche, also others than the few
listed here? Kirsten Myhr]
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