Azathioprine

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

In the US, Azathioprine (azathioprine systemic) is a member of the following drug classes: antirheumatics, other immunosuppressants and is used to treat Atopic Dermatitis, Biliary Cirrhosis, Bullous Pemphigoid, Chronic Active Hepatitis, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Cogan's Syndrome, Crohn's Disease - Acute, Crohn's Disease - Maintenance, Dermatomyositis, Eczema, Glomerulonephritis, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Multiple Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Myopathy, Nephrotic Syndrome, Neurosarcoidosis, Organ Transplant - Rejection Prophylaxis, Pemphigoid, Pemphigus, Renal Transplant, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sarcoidosis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Takayasu's Arteritis, Ulcerative Colitis and Uveitis.

US matches:

• Azathioprine


• Azathioprine Oral, Intravenous


• Azathioprine Sodium


• Azathioprine Injection

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

L04AX01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000446-86-6

Chemical Formula

C9-H7-N7-O2-S

Molecular Weight

277

Therapeutic Categories

Immunosuppressant

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, DMARD

Chemical Name

1H-Purine, 6-[(1-methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazol-5-yl)thio]-

Foreign Names

• Azathioprinum (Latin)
• Azathioprin (German)
• Azathioprine (French)
• Azatioprina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Azathioprine (OS: BAN, DCF, USAN)
• Azatioprina (OS: DCIT)
• BW 57-322 (IS)
• NSC-39084 (IS)
• Azathioprin (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Azathioprine (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, JP XV)
• Azathioprinum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Azathioprine Sodium (PH: USP 32)

Brand Names

• Apo-Azathioprine
  Apotex, Canada



• Azafalk
  Falk, Germany



• Azafor
  Sofar, Italy



• Azahexal
  Sandoz, Australia



• Azaimun
  Dermapharm, Switzerland; Mibe, Germany



• Azamedac
  Medac, Germany



• Azamun
  Douglas, New Zealand; Genepharm, Australia; Leiras, Finland; Pharmaplan, South Africa



• Azanin
  Tanabe Mitsubishi, Japan



• Azapin
  Sigma, Australia



• Azapress
  Bodene, South Africa



• Azaprin
  Kuwait Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries Co. - KSPICO, Oman; Nolver, Venezuela



• Azaprine
  Ivax, Czech Republic



• Aza-Q
  Juta, Germany; Q-Pharm, Germany



• Azarek
  Hexal, Luxembourg; Sandoz, Switzerland



• Azarekhexal
  Hexal, Estonia; Hexal, Lithuania



• Azasan
  AAI, United States; Salix, United States



• Azathioprin acis
  Acis, Germany



• Azathioprin Actavis
  Actavis, Denmark; Actavis, Sweden



• Azathioprin AL
  Aliud, Germany



• Azathioprin Arrow
  Arrow Generics Ltd.GB, Denmark



• Azathioprin AWD
  AWD.pharma, Germany



• Azathioprin beta
  Betapharm, Germany



• Azathioprin Copyfarm
  Copyfarm, Denmark; Orifarm, Sweden



• Azathioprin dura
  Mylan dura, Germany



• Azathioprin Heumann
  Heumann, Germany



• Azathioprin Hexal
  Hexal, Austria; Hexal, Germany



• Azathioprin medac
  Medac, Germany



• Azathioprin Sandoz
  Sandoz, Germany; Sandoz, Netherlands



• Azathioprin Stada
  Stada, Germany



• Azathioprin Teva
  Teva, Germany



• Azathioprin-1A Pharma
  1A Pharma, Germany



• Azathioprina Carrion
  Carrion, Peru



• Azathioprine A
  Apothecon, Netherlands



• Azathioprine Actavis
  Actavis, Netherlands



• Azathioprine Apotex
  Apotex Europe, Netherlands



• Azathioprine Cf
  Centrafarm, Netherlands



• Azathioprine Combiphar
  Combiphar, Indonesia



• Azathioprine EG
  EG Labo, France



• Azathioprine Merck
  Mylan, Netherlands



• Azathioprine Mylan
  Mylan, Belgium; Mylan, France



• Azathioprine PCH
  Med, Turkey; Pharmachemie, Netherlands; Pharmachemie, Taiwan



• Azathioprine Pharmachemie
  Pharmachemie, Indonesia



• Azathioprine Ratiopharm
  ratiopharm, Netherlands



• Azathioprine Sandoz
  Sandoz, Belgium



• Azathioprine Teva
  Teva Santé, France



• Azathioprine
  Atafarm, Turkey; Betapharm, Netherlands; Chemipharm, Greece; Generics, Malta; Genpharm, United States; Hexal, Netherlands; Pharmachemie, Malaysia; Roxane, United States; Sandoz, United States; Teva, Bulgaria; Vis, Poland; Zydus, United States



• Azathioprin-Puren
  Actavis, Germany



• Azathioprin-ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Germany; Ratiopharm, Denmark



• Azatioprin Mylan
  Mylan, Sweden



• Azatioprina Asofarma
  Raffo, Argentina



• Azatioprina Carrion
  Carrion, Peru



• Azatioprina Dosa
  Dosa, Argentina



• Azatioprina Filaxis
  Filaxis, Argentina



• Azatioprina Hexal
  Hexal, Italy



• Azatioprina Rontag
  Rontag, Argentina



• Azatioprina Tuteur
  Teva, Argentina



• Azatioprina Wellcome
  GlaxoSmithKline, Italy



• Azatioprina
  Bestpharma, Chile; Carrion, Peru; Tecnofarma, Chile; Tecnofarma, Colombia



• Azatrilem
  Lemery, Mexico



• Azopi
  Generics, Israel



• Azoran
  RPG, India



• Colinsan
  Ferring, Germany



• Gen-Azathioprine
  Genpharm, Canada



• GenRX Azathioprine
  Apotex, Australia



• Immunoprin
  Ebewe, Austria; Ebewe, Italy



• Imuger
  Gerard, Ireland



• Imuprin
  Remedica, Cyprus; Remedica, Ghana; Remedica, Kenya; Remedica, Malta; Remedica, Taiwan; Remedica, Tanzania



• Imuran
  EU-Pharma, Netherlands; Excella, Bulgaria; GlaxoSmithKline, United Arab Emirates; GlaxoSmithKline, Argentina; GlaxoSmithKline, Australia; GlaxoSmithKline, Bosnia & Herzegowina; GlaxoSmithKline, Bangladesh; GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium; GlaxoSmithKline, Bahrain; GlaxoSmithKline, Brazil; GlaxoSmithKline, Canada; GlaxoSmithKline, Chile; GlaxoSmithKline, China; GlaxoSmithKline, Czech Republic; GlaxoSmithKline, Ecuador; GlaxoSmithKline, Estonia; GlaxoSmithKline, Ethiopia; GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom; GlaxoSmithKline, Georgia; GlaxoSmithKline, Guyana; GlaxoSmithKline, Hong Kong; GlaxoSmithKline, Croatia (Hrvatska); GlaxoSmithKline, Hungary; GlaxoSmithKline, Indonesia; GlaxoSmithKline, Ireland; GlaxoSmithKline, Israel; GlaxoSmithKline, India; GlaxoSmithKline, Iran; GlaxoSmithKline, Japan; GlaxoSmithKline, Kuwait; GlaxoSmithKline, Lithuania; GlaxoSmithKline, Luxembourg; GlaxoSmithKline, Latvia; GlaxoSmithKline, Mexico; GlaxoSmithKline, Malaysia; GlaxoSmithKline, Netherlands; GlaxoSmithKline, New Zealand; GlaxoSmithKline, Oman; GlaxoSmithKline, Philippines; GlaxoSmithKline, Poland; GlaxoSmithKline, Portugal; GlaxoSmithKline, Qatar; GlaxoSmithKline, Romania; GlaxoSmithKline, Serbia; GlaxoSmithKline, Singapore; GlaxoSmithKline, Slovenia; GlaxoSmithKline, Thailand; GlaxoSmithKline, Turkey; GlaxoSmithKline, Taiwan; GlaxoSmithKline, South Africa; Medcor, Netherlands; Prometheus, United States



• Imuran (veterinary use)
  GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom



• Imurek
  Eurim, Austria; GlaxoSmithKline, Austria; GlaxoSmithKline, Germany; Pro Concepta Zug, Switzerland



• Imurel
  GlaxoSmithKline, Denmark; GlaxoSmithKline, Finland; GlaxoSmithKline, France; GlaxoSmithKline, Iceland; GlaxoSmithKline, Norway; GlaxoSmithKline, Sweden; GlaxoSmithKline, Tunisia; UCB, Spain



• Thioprine
  Alphapharm, Australia



• Transimune
  Troikaa, India



• Zaprine
  Sandoz, South Africa



• Zytrim
  Merckle Recordati, Germany



• Azathioprine PCH
  Pharmachemie, Netherlands



• Azathioprine Sodium
  Bedford, United States



• Azathioprine
  Pharmachemie, Sri Lanka



• Imuran
  GlaxoSmithKline, Canada; GlaxoSmithKline, Ireland; GlaxoSmithKline, Netherlands; GlaxoSmithKline, New Zealand; Prometheus, United States



• Imurek
  GlaxoSmithKline, Germany; Pro Concepta Zug, Switzerland

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

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