Pholcodine

UK matches:

• Pholcodine Linctus BP
• Pholcodine Linctus BP (SPC)

Scheme

Prop.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

R05DA08

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000509-67-1

Chemical Formula

C23-H30-N2-O4

Molecular Weight

398

Therapeutic Categories

Cough suppressant

Opioid receptor agonist

Chemical Names

(-)-(5R,6S)-4,5-Epoxy-17-methyl-3-(2-morpholinoethoxy) morphin-7-en-6-ol (BAN)

(5α,6α)-7,8-Didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-3-[2-(4-morpholinyl)ethoxy]morphinan-6-ol

3-O-(2-Morpholinoethyl)morphine (BAN)

3-(2-morpholinoethyl)morphine

3-[2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl]morphine

Morpholinylethylmorphine (WHO)

ß-morpholinylethylmorphine

Tetrahydro-1,4-oxazinyl-methylcodeine

Foreign Names

• Pholcodinum (Latin)
• Pholcodin (German)
• Pholcodine (French)
• Folcodina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Folcodina (OS: DCIT)
• Pholcodine (OS: BAN, DCF)
• Homocodeine (IS)

Brand Names

• Biocalyptol
  Zambon, France



• Broncalène (Pholcodine and Chlorphenamine)
  Tonipharm, France



• Broncho-pectoralis (Pholcodine and Sulfogaiacol)
  Medgenix, Belgium



• Codotussyl toux sèche
  Genévrier, France



• Cotrane
  Sanofi-Aventis, Belgium



• Denoral
  ADWYA, Tunisia



• Dimétane
  Leurquin, France



• Duro Tuss Cough Lozenges (Pholcodine and Cetylpyridinium)
  iNova, New Zealand



• Duro Tuss Cough (Pholcodine and Bromhexine)
  iNova, New Zealand



• Duro Tuss Dry Cough (Pholcodine and Pseudoephedrine)
  iNova, New Zealand



• Duro-Tuss
  3M, Malaysia; iNova, New Zealand; iNova, Singapore; iNova Pharmaceuticals, Australia



• Duro-Tuss Decongestant (Pholcodine and Pseudoephedrine)
  iNova, Singapore



• Duro-Tuss Dry Cough (Pholcodine and Cetylpyridinium)
  iNova, Singapore



• Duro-Tuss Expectorant (Pholcodine and Bromhexine)
  iNova, Singapore



• Folkodin
  Sanitarija, Serbia



• Galenphol
  Thornton & Ross, United Kingdom



• Humex toux sèche pholcodine
  Urgo, France



• Pavacol-D
  Wiliam Ransom, United Kingdom



• Pectorhinyl (Pholcodine andPhenylephrine)
  Eurogenerics, Luxembourg



• Pharmakod toux sèche
  Sanofi-Aventis, France



• Pholcodex
  Pinewood, Ireland



• Pholcodin
  Alkaloid, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Alkaloid, Croatia (Hrvatska); Alkaloid, Serbia; Alkaloid, Slovenia



• Pholcodine Linctus
  PSM, New Zealand



• Pholcodine Winthrop
  Sanofi-Aventis, France



• Pholcodine
  AFT, New Zealand; Sanofi-Aventis, Bangladesh



• Pholcolin
  Antigen, Ireland



• Pholtex (Pholcodine and Phenyltoloxamine)
  iNova Pharmaceuticals, South Africa



• Phol-Tussil
  Interdelta, Switzerland



• Respilène
  Sanofi-Aventis, France



• Rhinathiol toux sèche
  Sanofi-Aventis, Burkina Faso; Sanofi-Aventis, Benin; Sanofi-Aventis, Central African Republic; Sanofi-Aventis, Congo; Sanofi-Aventis, Cote D'ivoire; Sanofi-Aventis, Cameroon; Sanofi-Aventis, Gabon; Sanofi-Aventis, Guinea; Sanofi-Aventis, Madagascar; Sanofi-Aventis, Mali; Sanofi-Aventis, Mauritania; Sanofi-Aventis, Mauritius; Sanofi-Aventis, Niger; Sanofi-Aventis, Senegal; Sanofi-Aventis, Chad; Sanofi-Aventis, Togo; Sanofi-Aventis, Zaire



• Rhinathiol
  Sanofi-Aventis, France



• Sirop des Vosges
  GlaxoSmithKline, Tunisia; Teriak, Tunisia



• Tixylix Linctus (Pholcodine and Promethazine)
  Aventis, New Zealand



• Tixylix (Pholcodine and Promethazine)
  Aspen Pharmacare Consumer, South Africa



• Tuxi
  Leiras, Finland

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
DCIT	Denominazione Comune Italiana
IS	Inofficial Synonym
OS	Official Synonym
Prop.INN	Proposed International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
SPC	Summary of Product Characteristics (UK)
WHO	World Health Organization

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