Penicillamine

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

In the US, Penicillamine (penicillamine systemic) is a member of the drug class antirheumatics and is used to treat Cystinuria, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Wilson's Disease.

US matches:

• Penicillamine

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

M01CC01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000052-67-5

Chemical Formula

C5-H11-N-O2-S

Molecular Weight

149

Therapeutic Categories

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, DMARD

Antidote: Treatment of heavy metal poisoning

Chelating agent

Treatment of Wilson's disease

Chemical Name

D-Valine, 3-mercapto-

Foreign Names

• Penicillaminum (Latin)
• Penicillamin (German)
• Pénicillamine (French)
• Penicilamina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Penicillamina (OS: DCIT)
• Penicillamine (OS: JAN, USAN, BAN)
• Pénicillamine (OS: DCF)
• ß-Mercaptovaline (IS)
• Penicillamin (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Penicillamine (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Pénicillamine (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Penicillaminum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Penicillamine Hydrochloride (PH: BP 1973)

Brand Names

• Adalken
  Kendrick, Mexico



• Artamin
  Biochemie, United Arab Emirates; Biochemie, Jordan; Biochemie, Kuwait; Biochemie, Lebanon; Biochemie, Qatar; Biochemie, Saudi Arabia; Biochemie, Sudan; Biochemie, Yemen; Sandoz, Austria; Sandoz, Oman



• Atamir
  Sandoz, Denmark; Sandoz, Iceland



• Cilamin
  Panacea, India



• Cuprenil
  Kutno, Bulgaria; Polfa, Bulgaria; Polfa Kutno, Lithuania; Polfa Kutno, Poland; Teva, Latvia



• Cuprimine
  Aton, United States; Aton Pharma, Canada; Merck Sharp & Dohme, Argentina; Merck Sharp & Dohme, Peru; Merck Sharp & Dohme, Thailand; Merck Sharp & Dohme, Taiwan



• Cupripen
  Inmunosyn, Colombia; Omedir, Argentina; Rubio, Spain



• Cupripren
  Bestpharma, Chile



• Depen
  Meda, United States



• Distamin
  Samarth, India



• Distamine
  Alliance, United Kingdom; Alliance, Ireland



• Distamine (veterinary use)
  Alliance, United Kingdom



• D-Penamine
  Alphapharm, Australia; Pacific, New Zealand



• D-Penil
  AC Farma, Peru



• Mercaptyl
  Abbott, Switzerland



• Metalcaptase
  Harvester, Taiwan; Heyl, Czech Republic; Heyl, Germany; Heyl, Luxembourg; Taisho Yakuhin, Japan



• Penicillamine Ifet
  IFET, Greece



• Penicillamine
  Generics, Malta



• Trolovol
  Dexo, France



• Pemine
  Lilly, Italy

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
DCIT	Denominazione Comune Italiana
IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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