Mercaptopurine

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

In the US, Mercaptopurine (mercaptopurine systemic) is a member of the drug class antimetabolites and is used to treat Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Crohn's Disease - Acute, Crohn's Disease - Maintenance, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Intestinal Arterial Insufficiency and Ulcerative Colitis - Maintenance.

US matches:

• Mercaptopurine

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

L01BB02

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000050-44-2

Chemical Formula

C5-H4-N4-S

Molecular Weight

152

Therapeutic Category

Antineoplastic agent, antimetabolite

Chemical Names

6H-Purine-6-thione, 1,7-dihydro-

Purine-6-thiol (USAN)

Foreign Names

• Mercaptopurinum (Latin)
• Mercaptopurin (German)
• Mercaptopurine (French)
• Mercaptopurina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Mercaptopurina (OS: DCIT)
• Mercaptopurine (OS: JAN, DCF, BAN)
• 6(1H)-Purinthion (IS)
• 6-MP (IS)
• 6-Purinethiol (IS: WHO)
• anhydrous mercaptopurine (IS)
• Mercaptopurine monohydrate (OS: BAN)
• 6-Purinthiolmonohydrat (IS)
• Mercaptopurin (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Mercaptopurine (PH: BP 2010, JP XIV, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Mercaptopurinum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Mercaptopurin Medice
  Medice, Germany



• Mercaptopurin
  Atafarm, Turkey



• Mercaptopurina GP Pharm
  GP Pharm, Peru



• Mercaptopurina GSK
  Glaxo SmithKline, Spain



• Mercaptopurina Refasa
  Refasa, Peru



• Purinethol
  GlaxoSmithKline, Tunisia; GlaxoSmithKline, Taiwan



• Puri-Nethol
  GlaxoSmithKline, Austria; GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium; GlaxoSmithKline, Switzerland; GlaxoSmithKline, Germany; GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom; GlaxoSmithKline, Latvia; GlaxoSmithKline, Turkey; Wellcome Foundation, Slovakia



• Puri-nethol
  GlaxoSmithKline, Sweden



• Empurine
  Dabur, Philippines



• Leukerin
  Ohara Yakuhin, Japan



• Mercaptopurina Filaxis
  Filaxis, Argentina



• Mercaptopurina
  Bestpharma, Chile



• Mercaptopurine
  Mylan, United States; Prometheus, United States; Roxane, United States; Teva USA, United States



• Mercaptopurinum
  Vis, Poland



• Merpurine
  Union Lab, Taiwan



• Purinethol
  Gate, United States; GlaxoSmithKline, Argentina; GlaxoSmithKline, Chile; GlaxoSmithKline, Italy; GlaxoSmithKline, Mexico; GlaxoSmithKline, Philippines



• Puri-Nethol
  Eureco, Netherlands; Euro, Netherlands; GlaxoSmithKline, United Arab Emirates; GlaxoSmithKline, Australia; GlaxoSmithKline, Bangladesh; GlaxoSmithKline, Bahrain; GlaxoSmithKline, Brazil; GlaxoSmithKline, Czech Republic; GlaxoSmithKline, Estonia; GlaxoSmithKline, Egypt; GlaxoSmithKline, Georgia; GlaxoSmithKline, Guyana; GlaxoSmithKline, Hong Kong; GlaxoSmithKline, Israel; GlaxoSmithKline, India; GlaxoSmithKline, Iraq; GlaxoSmithKline, Iran; GlaxoSmithKline, Iceland; GlaxoSmithKline, Jordan; GlaxoSmithKline, Kuwait; GlaxoSmithKline, Lebanon; GlaxoSmithKline, Lithuania; GlaxoSmithKline, Luxembourg; GlaxoSmithKline, Netherlands; GlaxoSmithKline, Norway; GlaxoSmithKline, New Zealand; GlaxoSmithKline, Oman; GlaxoSmithKline, Qatar; GlaxoSmithKline, Romania; GlaxoSmithKline, Russian Federation; GlaxoSmithKline, Saudi Arabia; GlaxoSmithKline, Singapore; GlaxoSmithKline, Slovenia; GlaxoSmithKline, Syria; GlaxoSmithKline, Thailand; GlaxoSmithKline, Yemen; GlaxoSmithKline, South Africa; Wellcome, Ireland



• Purinéthol
  GlaxoSmithKline, France



• Puri-Nethol (veterinary use)
  GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom



• Varimer
  Varifarma, Argentina

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
WHO	World Health Organization

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