August 2016

Active ingredient naming changes

In this release, MIMS Australia will be including the following INNs (International Non-proprietary Names)
as well as Australian Approved Names (AANs) as part of our push to support the Therapeutic Goods
Administration (TGA) active ingredient name changes project.

MIMS will begin referring to these ingredients by their new names, however, users may continue to search
by the old AANs if preferred.

Old name (AAN) New name (INN) Search terms in addition to the new name
Amethocaine hydrochloride Tetracaine (amethocaine) hydrochloride Amethocaine hydrochloride; tetracaine hydrochloride
Benzhexol hydrochloride Trihexyphenidyl (benzhexol) hydrochloride Benzhexol hydrochloride; trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride
Co-methylcobalamin Mecobalamin (co-methylcobalamin) Co-methylcobalamin; mecobalamin; methylcobalamin; vitamin B12
Cysteamine bitartrate Mercaptamine (cysteamine) bitartrate Cysteamine bitartrate; mercaptamine bitartrate
Dothiepin hydrochloride Dosulepin (dothiepin) hydrochloride Dosulepin hydrochloride; dothiepin hydrochloride
Eformoterol fumarate dihydrate Formoterol (eformoterol) fumarate dihydrate Eformoterol fumarate dihydrate; formoterol fumarate dihydrate
Frusemide Furosemide (frusemide) Frusemide; furosemide
Glycopyrrolate Glycopyrronium bromide (glycopyrrolate) Glycopyrrolate; Glycopyrronium bromide
Hydroxyurea Hydroxycarbamide (hydroxyurea) Hydroxycarbamide; hydroxyurea
Lignocaine Lidocaine (lignocaine) Lidocaine; lignocaine
Lignocaine hydrochloride Lidocaine (lignocaine) hydrochloride Lidocaine hydrochloride; lignocaine hydrochloride
Oxpentifylline Pentoxifylline (oxpentifylline) Oxpentifylline; pentoxifylline
Phenobarbitone Phenobarbital (phenobarbitone) Phenobarbital; phenobarbitone
Procaine penicillin Procaine benzylpenicillin (procaine penicillin) Procaine benzylpenicillin; procaine penicillin
Salcatonin Calcitonin salmon (salcatonin) Calcitonin, salmon; salcatonin
Tetracosactrin Tetracosactide (tetracosactrin) Tetracosactide; tetracosactrin
Trimeprazine tartrate Alimemazine (trimeprazine) tartrate Alimemazine tartrate; trimeprazine tartrate

This list is a summary of only some of the changes that have occurred over the last month.
Before prescribing, always refer to the full product information.

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