Acetylcholine Chloride

Scheme

Rec.INN

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000060-31-1

Chemical Formula

C7-H16-Cl-N-O2

Molecular Weight

181

Therapeutic Category

Parasympathomimetic agent, direct acting

Chemical Names

2-Acetoxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride (WHO)

Ethanaminium, 2-(acetyloxy)-N,N,N-trimethyl-, chloride

Foreign Names

• Acetylcholini Chloridum (Latin)
• Acetylcholin chlorid (German)
• Chlorure d'Acétylcholine (French)
• Cloruro de acetilcolina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Acétylcholine (chlorure d') (OS: DCF)
• Acetylcholine Chloride (OS: BAN)
• Acetylcholinchlorid (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Acétylcholine (chlorure d') (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Acetylcholine Chloride (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6, USP 32)
• Acetylcholine Chloride for Injection (PH: JP XV)
• Acetylcholini chloridum (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Acetil colina intraocular
  Quifarmed, Colombia



• Acetilcolina Cusi
  Alcon, Spain



• Covochol
  Adcock Ingram Pharmaceuticals, South Africa



• Miochol E
  Ciba Vision, Romania; Novartis, Argentina; Novartis, Switzerland; Novartis Ophthalmics, Israel; TheaPharma, Netherlands



• Miochol
  Concept, Israel; Novartis, Switzerland; Novartis, United Kingdom; Novartis, New Zealand; Novartis Ophthalmics, United States



• Miochol-E
  Adcock Ingram Pharmaceuticals, South Africa; Novartis, Australia; Novartis, Canada; Novartis, Germany; Novartis, Finland; Novartis, Greece; Novartis, Indonesia; Novartis, Israel; Novartis, Italy; Novartis, Luxembourg; Novartis, Turkey; Novartis, United States; Novartis Healthcare, Sweden



• Miochole
  Eumedica, Belgium; Novartis, France



• Miovisin
  Farmigea, Italy; Farmigea, Malta



• Neucholin A
  Zeria Shinyaku, Japan



• OQ-Miot
  Oftalmoquimica, Colombia



• Ovisot
  Daiichi Sankyo, Japan

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
WHO	World Health Organization

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