Charcoal, Activated

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

Scheme

Ph. Eur.

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

A07BA

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0016291-96-6

Therapeutic Categories

Antidote

Pharmaceutic aid

Antidiarrhoeal agent

Intestinal adsorbent

Foreign Names

• Carbo activatus (Latin)
• Kohle, medizinische (German)
• Charbon active (French)
• Carbone attivato (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Medicinal Carbon (OS: JAN)
• Adsorbierende Kohle (IS)
• Aktivkohle (IS)
• Carbo medicinalis (IS)
• Charbon medicinal (IS)
• Charcoal (IS)
• E 153 (IS)
• Holzkohle, gereinigte (IS)
• Medicinal Carbon (IS)
• Medizinische Kohle (IS)
• Carbo activatus (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Charbon activé (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Charcoal, Activated (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Medizinische Kohle (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Acticarbine (Charcoal, Activated and Papaverine)
  Elerté, France



• Actidose
  Paddock, United States



• Actidose-Aqua
  Cambridge Laboratories, United Kingdom; Paddock, United States



• Actidose-Aqua (veterinary use)
  Cambridge Laboratories, United Kingdom



• Activate Charcoal
  BHFZ, Georgia



• Adsorba
  Gambro, United States



• Aktivt kul Norit
  Norit, Denmark



• Aktyvinta Anglis Sanitas
  Sanitas, Lithuania



• Aktyvintoji Anglis
  Corpus Medica, Lithuania



• Aqueous Charcodote
  Pharmascience, Singapore



• Arkocaps Kohle
  Arko Diffusion, Switzerland



• Arkocapsulas Carbon Veg
  Arkochim, Spain



• Arkogélules Charbon Végétal
  Arkopharma, France



• BCK (veterinary use)
  Fort Dodge, United Kingdom



• Bekarbon
  Kimia Farma, Indonesia



• Biocarbon
  Trenka, Austria; Trenka, Bahrain; Trenka, Malta



• Carbactive
  Cooper, France



• Carbargal
  Roemmers, Venezuela



• Carbo activatus
  Briz, Latvia; Egis, Hungary



• Carbo Medicinalis "Chepharin"
  Pannonpharma, Hungary



• Carbo Medicinalis Sanova
  Sanova, Austria



• Carbo medicinalis
  Abcur, Sweden



• Carbo Medicinalis
  Fampharm, Serbia; ICN, Lithuania; ICN, Poland; ICN, Slovakia; Leiras, Finland



• Carbocit (Charcoal, Activated and Bismuth Subgallate)
  Imuna, Slovakia



• Carbomed
  Jadran, Croatia (Hrvatska)



• Carbomix
  Beacon, United Kingdom; Excelsior, Taiwan; Leiras, Finland; Mayne, Ireland; Norit, Norway; Norit NV-NL, Italy; Solvay, Sweden; Tonipharm, France



• Carbomix (veterinary use)
  Meadow Animals, United Kingdom



• Carbon Belloc
  Spedrog-Caillon, Argentina



• Carbon Eczane
  Eczane, Argentina



• Carbon Medical
  H. Medica, Argentina



• Carbon Oriental
  Oriental, Argentina



• Carbon Ultra Adsor Lainco
  Lainco, Spain



• Carbone Belloc
  Pasquali, Italy



• Carbon-vegetal
  Fitomax, Peru



• Carbophos
  Tradiphar, France



• Carbo-Pulbit (Charcoal, Activated and Bismuth Subnitrate (veterinary use))
  Bayer Tiergesundheit, Austria



• Carbosorb
  AFT, New Zealand; Imuna, Czech Republic; Imuna, Slovakia; Phebra, Australia



• Carbosorb (Charcoal, Activated and Sorbitol)
  AFT, New Zealand



• Carbosylane (Charcoal, Activated and Dimeticone)
  Lilly, Greece



• Carbosylane (Charcoal, Activated and Simeticone)
  Grimberg, France



• Carbosylane Enfant (Charcoal, Activated and Simeticone (pediatric))
  Grimberg, France



• Carbotox
  Schwarz, Czech Republic



• Carbotox (Charcoal, Activated andSodium Thiosulfate)
  Imuna, Slovakia



• Charbon de belloc
  Medgenix, Belgium; Super Diet, France



• CharcoAid
  Little Remedies, United States



• Charcoal Camden
  Camden, Singapore



• Charcoal
  Mason, United States; Red Seal, New Zealand



• CharcoCaps
  W.F. Young, United States



• Charcodote
  Genmedix, Israel; Pharmascience, Hong Kong; Pliva Pharma, United Kingdom



• Charcotrace
  Phebra, Australia



• Colocarb
  Expanpharm, France



• EZ-Char
  Paddock, United States



• Formocarbine
  GlaxoSmithKline, France



• Insta-Char
  Kerr, United States



• Kohle-Compretten
  Merck, Germany; Merck, Luxembourg; Merck, Norway



• Kohle-Hevert
  Hevert, Germany



• Kohle-Pulvis
  Köhler, Germany



• Kohletabletten Hänseler
  Hänseler, Switzerland



• Kohle-Tabletten
  Cheplapharm, Germany



• Kolemed
  Rösch & Handel, Austria



• Kolsuspension
  Abigo, Sweden; Cyntos, Switzerland



• Kull
  Abigon, Norway



• Linotar
  Trans Dermal, Australia



• Liqui-Char
  Monarch, United States; Oxford, United Kingdom



• Liqui-Char-Vet (veterinary use)
  Arnolds, United Kingdom



• Mamograf
  Temis-Lostalo, Argentina



• Medicinsko oglje
  Gorenjske, Slovenia



• Medikol
  Solvay, Norway; Solvay, Sweden



• Minicam
  Gramon, Argentina



• Nature's Way Activated Charcoal
  Health and Herbs, New Zealand



• Norit Carbomix
  Kela, Belgium; Norit, Austria



• Norit
  Kela, Belgium; Kela, Luxembourg; Norit, Austria; Norit, Israel; Norit, Netherlands; Norit, Romania; Pharmasyn, Greece



• Phytopharma Charbon
  Arko Diffusion, Switzerland



• Topsharp (veterinary use)
  Hesse, Germany



• Toxicarb
  SERB, France



• Ultra Adsorb
  Lainco, Spain



• Ultracarbon
  E. Merck, Ethiopia; Merck, Germany; Merck, Thailand; Merck Consumer Health, Singapore



• Veterinair Norit (veterinary use)
  Norit vet, Netherlands

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Ph. Eur.	European Pharmacopoeia

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