Acetylcysteine

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

In the US, Acetylcysteine (acetylcysteine systemic) is a member of the following drug classes: antidotes, mucolytics and is used to treat Acetaminophen Overdose, Diagnostic Bronchograms and Expectoration.

US matches:

• Acetylcysteine Solution


• Acetylcysteine inhalation


• Acetylcysteine Inhalation, oral/nebulization


• Acetylcysteine


• Acetylcysteine Solution


• Acetylcysteine (N-Acetylcysteine)


• Acetylcysteine(N-Acetylcysteine)

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

R05CB01,S01XA08,V03AB23

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000616-91-1

Chemical Formula

C5-H9-N-O3-S

Molecular Weight

163

Therapeutic Categories

Antidote

Mucolytic agent

Chemical Name

L-Cysteine, N-acetyl-

Foreign Names

• Acetylcysteinum (Latin)
• Acetylcystein (German)
• Acétylcystéine (French)
• Acetilcisteina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Acetilcisteina (OS: DCIT)
• Acetylcysteine (OS: BAN, USAN)
• Acétylcystéine (OS: DCF)
• NAC-TB (IS)
• Acetylcystein (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Acetylcysteine (PH: BP 2010, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Acétylcystéine (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Acetylcysteinum (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Abinac (veterinary use)
  Trebifarma, Italy



• Ac
  Lanpharm, Argentina



• ACC 100
  Hexal, Bulgaria; Hexal, Czech Republic; Hexal, Luxembourg; Salutas, Georgia; Salutas, Lithuania



• ACC 200
  Hexal, Bulgaria; Hexal, Czech Republic; Salutas, Georgia; Salutas, Lithuania



• ACC Hexal
  Hexal, Austria



• ACC Hot
  Salutas, Georgia; Salutas, Lithuania; Sandoz, Poland



• ACC Saft
  Salutas Pharma, Serbia



• ACC
  Hexal, Bahrain; Hexal, Germany; Hexal, Estonia; Hexal, Luxembourg; Hexal, Oman; Hexal, Russian Federation; Salutas, Lithuania; Sandoz, Hungary; Sandoz, Latvia; Sandoz, Poland; Sandoz, Slovakia



• ACC (Acetylcysteine and Ascorbic Acid)
  Sandoz, Vietnam



• ACC (pediatric)
  Hexal, Germany



• ACC eco
  Sandoz, Switzerland



• ACC-100
  Hexal, Luxembourg; Salutas Pharma, Romania; Salutas Pharma, Serbia



• ACC-100-Hexal
  Hexal, Luxembourg



• ACC200
  Hexal, South Africa



• ACC-200
  Hexal, Luxembourg; Salutas Pharma, Romania; Salutas Pharma, Serbia



• ACC-600
  Hexal, Luxembourg; Salutas Pharma, Romania



• ACC-Akut 600
  Hexal, Luxembourg



• ACC-Injekt
  Hexal, Luxembourg; Salutas Pharma, Romania



• ACC-Long
  Hexal, Luxembourg; Salutas, Georgia; Salutas, Lithuania



• Acehasan
  Hasan, Vietnam



• Acemuc
  Betapharm, Germany; Sanofi-Aventis, Vietnam



• Acemucol
  Streuli Pharma, Switzerland



• Acemuk
  Investi, Argentina



• Acet
  Johnson, Taiwan



• Acetabs
  Krewel, Germany



• Acetadote
  Cumberland, United States



• Acetilcisteina Acost
  Acost, Spain



• Acetilcisteina Almus
  Almus, Italy



• Acetilcisteina Angenerico
  Angenerico, Spain; Angenerico, Italy



• Acetilcisteina Bexal
  Bexal, Spain



• Acetilcisteina Cinfa
  Cinfa, Spain



• Acetilcisteina Cuve
  Cuvefarma, Spain



• Acetilcisteina Davur
  Davur, Spain



• Acetilcisteina EG
  EG, Italy



• Acetilcisteina Farmasierra
  Farmasierra, Spain



• Acetilcisteina Hexal
  Hexal, Italy



• Acetilcisteina Kern Pharma
  Kern, Spain



• Acetilcisteinã LPH
  Labormed Pharma, Romania



• Acetilcisteina Merck
  Merck, Spain



• Acetilcisteina Normon
  Normon, Spain



• Acetilcisteina Pensa
  Pensa, Spain



• Acetilcisteina ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Spain; Ratiopharm, Italy



• Acetilcisteina Sandoz
  Sandoz, Spain; Sandoz, Portugal



• Acetilcisteina Tarbis
  Tarbis, Spain



• Acetilcisteina Ur
  Uso Racional, Spain



• Acetylcystein Actavis
  Actavis, Switzerland



• Acetylcystein Alternova
  Alternova, Sweden



• Acetylcystein BioPhausia
  BioPhausia, Sweden



• Acetylcystein F.T. Pharma
  F.T. Pharma, Vietnam



• Acetylcystein Helvepharm
  Helvepharm, Switzerland



• Acetylcystein Heumann
  Heumann, Germany



• Acetylcystein Mylan
  Mylan, Sweden



• Acetylcystein Nycomed
  Nycomed, Estonia; Nycomed, Latvia



• Acetylcystein SAD
  SAD, Denmark



• Acetylcystein Sandoz
  Sandoz, Norway; Sandoz, Sweden



• Acetylcystein Siga
  Sigapharm, Germany



• Acetylcystein Stada
  Stada, Bulgaria; Stada, Estonia; Stada, Lithuania



• Acetylcystein Temmler
  Temmler, Germany



• Acetylcystein Teva
  Teva Pharma, Switzerland



• Acetylcystein Trom
  Adeka, Turkey; Trommsdorff, Germany



• Acetylcystein
  ratiopharm, Norway



• Acetylcystein-Cimex
  Cimex, Switzerland



• Acetylcysteine AccordHealthcare
  Accord Healthcare, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine Actavis
  Actavis, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine Apotex
  Apotex, Belgium



• Acétylcystéine Arrow
  Arrow, France



• Acétylcystéine Biogaran
  Biogaran, France



• Acetylcysteine CF
  Centrafarm, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine Effervescent
  Health Support Ltd, New Zealand



• Acetylcysteine EG
  Eurogenerics, Belgium



• Acétylcysteine EG
  EG Labo, France



• Acétylcystéine G Gam
  Sandoz, France



• Acetylcysteine Hemofarm
  Hemofarm, Russian Federation



• Acetylcysteine Imphos
  Imphos, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine IPS
  IPS, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine Katwijk
  Apotex Europe, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine MAE
  MAE, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine Mylan
  Mylan, Belgium; Mylan, Netherlands



• Acétylcystéine Mylan
  Mylan, France



• Acetylcysteine PCH
  Pharmachemie, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Belgium; Ratiopharm, Netherlands



• Acétylcystéine ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, France



• Acetylcysteine Samenwerkende Apothekers
  Samenwerkende Apothekers, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine Sandoz Conseil
  Sandoz, Belgium; Sandoz, Netherlands; Sandoz, Poland



• Acetylcysteine Teva
  Teva, Belgium



• Acétylcystéine Teva
  Teva Santé, France



• Acetylcysteine Zambon
  Zambon, Netherlands



• Acetylcysteine
  Bedford, United States; Eurogenerics, Luxembourg; Hospira, United States; Leyden, Netherlands; Luitpold, United States; Sandoz, Canada



• Acetylcysteine-Eurogenerics
  Eurogenerics, Luxembourg



• Acetylcysteine-Zambon
  Zambon, Luxembourg



• Acetyst
  Ritsert, Germany



• ACT
  Adeka, Turkey



• Actein
  Synmosa, Taiwan



• Aeromuc
  Astellas, Austria



• Aflux
  Tecnoquimicas, Colombia



• Alles
  Celtis, Turkey



• Altersol
  IBSA, Italy



• Amavita Acetylcystein
  Amavita Health Care, Switzerland



• Asist
  Bilim, Georgia; Bilim, Turkey



• Asixintai
  Minsheng, China



• Bisolbruis
  Boehringer Ingelheim, Netherlands



• Bivicetyl
  BV Pharma, Vietnam



• Bromuc
  Temmler, Germany



• Bronkyl
  Weifa, Norway



• Brunac
  Arz, Turkey; Bruschettini, Italy; Bruschettini, Romania; Bruschettini, Tunisia



• Chricetyl
  Sanopharm, Greece



• Codotussyl Expectorant Acétylcystéine
  Genévrier, France



• Codotussyl Expectorant
  Genévrier, France



• DBL Acetylcysteine
  Hospira, Australia; Hospira, New Zealand



• DemoLibral
  Vifor, Switzerland



• Dinaler
  Infaca, Dominican Republic



• Doc Acetyl
  Docpharma, Luxembourg



• Docacetyl
  Docpharma, Belgium; Docpharma, Luxembourg



• DocMorris NAC Hustenlöser
  DocMorris Pharma, Germany



• Dorbigot (Acetylcysteine and Paracetamol)
  Nufarindo, Indonesia



• Drenaflen
  Italpharma, Ecuador



• Dynamucil
  Siphar, Switzerland



• Ecomucyl
  Sandoz, Switzerland



• Equimucil (veterinary use)
  Acme, Italy; Novartis Animal Health, Luxembourg



• Equimucin (veterinary use)
  CP, Netherlands; CP-Pharma, Germany; CP-Pharma, Luxembourg; CP-Pharma, Norway; Scanvet, Finland; Virbac, France



• Esomez
  Domesco, Vietnam



• Euronac
  Doliage, France



• Exomuc
  Bouchara, Burkina Faso; Bouchara, Benin; Bouchara, Central African Republic; Bouchara, Congo; Bouchara, Cote D'ivoire; Bouchara, Cameroon; Bouchara, Algeria; Bouchara, France; Bouchara, Gabon; Bouchara, Guinea; Bouchara, Luxembourg; Bouchara, Madagascar; Bouchara, Mali; Bouchara, Mauritania; Bouchara, Mauritius; Bouchara, Niger; Bouchara, Senegal; Bouchara, Chad; Bouchara, Togo; Bouchara, Zaire; Bouchara-Recordati, Hong Kong; Bouchara-Recordati, Vietnam



• Exomuc nourrisson (pediatric)
  Bouchara, France



• Extal
  Talya Farma, Turkey



• Flucil
  Masa Lab, Myanmar; Purzer, Taiwan



• Fluidouche
  Zambon, Switzerland



• Fluimucil
  CSC, Austria; CSC, Bulgaria; EU-Pharma, Netherlands; Euro, Netherlands; Lukoll, Peru; Medcor, Netherlands; Pierre Fabre, Germany; Rafarm, Greece; Zambon, Bulgaria; Zambon, Brazil; Zambon, Switzerland; Zambon, China; Zambon, Colombia; Zambon, Algeria; Zambon, Ecuador; Zambon, Spain; Zambon, France; Zambon, Georgia; Zambon, Hong Kong; Zambon, Hungary; Zambon, Indonesia; Zambon, Italy; Zambon, Luxembourg; Zambon, Malaysia; Zambon, Netherlands; Zambon, Poland; Zambon, Portugal; Zambon, Romania; Zambon, Serbia; Zambon, Russian Federation; Zambon, Singapore; Zambon, Thailand; Zambon, Taiwan



• Fluimucil (pediatric)
  Pierre Fabre, Germany



• Fluimucil Antidot
  Pierre Fabre, Germany



• Fluimukan
  Lek, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Lek, Croatia (Hrvatska); Lek, Slovenia



• Fluimukan akut junior
  Lek, Croatia (Hrvatska)



• Flumil Antibiotico (Acetylcysteine and Thiamphenicol)
  Pharmazam, Spain



• Flumil Antidoto
  Pharmazam, Spain



• Flumil
  Pharmazam, Spain



• Flumonac
  Zambon, Spain



• Flutafin
  Shiteh, Taiwan



• Frenacil
  McNeil, Spain



• Génac
  Genévrier, France



• Glotamuc
  Globe Parmaceuticals, Vietnam



• Granon
  Nycomed, Denmark



• Helvetussin
  Helvepharm, Switzerland



• Hidonac
  Zambon, Hong Kong; Zambon, Indonesia; Zambon, Italy; Zambon, Romania; Zambon, Taiwan



• Husten ACC Hexal
  Hexal, Austria



• Hustenlöser 1A Pharma
  1A Pharma, Austria



• Ilube (Acetylcysteine and Hypromellose)
  Alcon, United Kingdom; Alcon, Ireland



• Ilube (veterinary use)
  Alcon, United Kingdom



• Kantrenol
  Mentinova, Greece



• Kuril
  Copyfarm, Denmark



• L-Cimexyl
  Cimex, Singapore



• Lysomucil
  Zambon, Belgium; Zambon, Luxembourg



• Lysomucil Junior (pediatric)
  Zambon, Belgium



• Lysox
  Menarini, Belgium; Menarini, Luxembourg



• Lysox Junior (pediatric)
  Menarini, Belgium



• Martindale Pharma Acetylcysteine
  Cardinal Health, New Zealand



• Menaxol
  Menarini, Costa Rica; Menarini, Dominican Republic; Menarini, Guatemala; Menarini, Honduras; Menarini, Nicaragua; Menarini, Panama; Menarini, El Salvador



• Mentopin
  Genesis, Turkey



• Mucisol
  Deca, Italy



• Muco Mepha
  Mepha, Estonia



• Mucoaliv
  Cinfa, Spain



• Mucobene
  Merckle, Czech Republic; Ratiopharm, Austria



• Mucocetil
  UCI, Brazil



• Mucofial
  Biohealth Italia, Italy



• Mucofilin
  Sannova, Japan



• Mucofluid
  Spirig, Lithuania; Spirig, Latvia; Spirig Pharma, Switzerland



• Mucofrin
  Epifarma, Italy



• Mucolair
  3M, Luxembourg



• Mucolator
  Abbott, France; Abbott, Luxembourg; Abbott, South Africa; ADWYA, Tunisia



• Mucolibex
  Bexal, Spain



• Mucolid
  Synthesis, Colombia



• Mucolitico
  Sanitas, Chile



• Mucolyse
  Galpharma, Tunisia



• Mucolysin Skovbær
  Sandoz, Denmark



• Mucolysin
  Sandoz, Denmark



• Muco-Mepha
  Mepha, Lithuania; Mepha, Latvia; Mepha Pharma, Switzerland



• Mucomix
  Samarth, India



• Mucomyst
  AstraZeneca, Finland; AstraZeneca, Iceland; AstraZeneca, Norway; BioPhausia, Denmark; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Australia; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Burkina Faso; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Burundi; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Benin; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Central African Republic; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Congo; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cote D'ivoire; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cameroon; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gabon; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Guinea; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Greece; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Luxembourg; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Madagascar; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mali; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mauritania; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mauritius; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Niger; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Senegal; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chad; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Togo; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Zaire; UPSA, France; Wellspring, Canada



• Mucomystendo
  Bristol-Myers Squibb, France



• Muconex
  Abdi Ibrahim, Turkey; Tripharma, Russian Federation



• Mucoporetta
  Aco Hud, Finland



• Mucospire
  Rosa-Phytopharma, France



• Mucostop
  Mepha Pharma, Switzerland



• Mucovim
  VIM Spectrum, Romania



• Muco-X
  Axapharm, Switzerland



• Mucoxan
  IBSA, Italy



• Muxatil
  Inti, Peru



• Muxenon
  Saokim Pharma, Vietnam



• Myxofat
  Riemser, Germany



• N.A.C. (Acetylcysteine and Edetic Acid (veterinary use))
  Laboratoire TVM, France



• NAC AbZ
  AbZ, Germany



• NAC akut-1A Pharma
  1A Pharma, Germany



• NAC AL
  Aliud, Czech Republic; Aliud, Germany



• NAC axcount
  Axcount, Germany



• NAC Lindopharm
  Lindopharm, Germany



• NAC Sandoz
  Sandoz, Germany



• NAC Temmler
  Temmler, Germany



• Nac
  Basel, Turkey



• NAC-1A Pharma
  1A Pharma, Germany



• NAC-CT
  CT Arzneimittel, Germany



• N-Acetil Cisteina
  Medicalex, Colombia



• N-Acetilcisteina Germed
  Germed Pliva, Italy



• N-Acetilcisteina La Santé
  La Santé, Colombia



• NAC-Hemofarm
  Hemofarm, Serbia



• N-Ac-Ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Russian Federation



• NAC-ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Germany; Ratiopharm, Luxembourg



• NAC-Stada
  Stada, Germany



• NeoCitran Hustenlöser
  Novartis Consumer Health, Switzerland



• Oxxa
  Toprak, Turkey



• Parvolex
  GlaxoSmithKline, South Africa; Hospira, Australia; Mayne, Hong Kong; Mayne, Malaysia; UCB, Ireland; UCB Pharma, United Kingdom



• Parvolex (veterinary use)
  UCB, United Kingdom



• Pectocil
  Ethica Industri Farmasi, Indonesia



• Pectomucil
  Qualiphar, Belgium; Qualiphar, Luxembourg



• Ratiomucol
  Ratiopharm, Spain



• Reolin
  Hochland, Israel



• Rinofluimucil
  Zambon, Colombia



• Rinofluimucil (Acetylcysteine and Tuaminoheptane)
  Zambon, Switzerland



• Rinoflumil (Acetylcysteine and Tuaminoheptane)
  Zambon, Spain



• Sateritt
  Showa Yakuhin Kako, Japan



• Secresol
  Permamed, Switzerland



• Siran
  Temmler, Germany; Temmler, Israel; Temmler Pharma, Romania; Transfarma Medica Indah, Indonesia



• Sistenol (Acetylcysteine and Paracetamol)
  Dexa Medica, Indonesia



• Solmucalm (Acetylcysteine and Chlorphenamine)
  IBSA, Switzerland



• Solmucol
  Aspen Pharmacare Consumer, South Africa; Fidia, Italy; Genévrier, France; IBSA, Switzerland; IBSA, Czech Republic; IBSA, Hungary; IBSA, Slovakia; Schering-Plough, Luxembourg



• Spatam
  Myung In, Singapore; Yomifar, Dominican Republic



• Sputopur
  Teva, Hungary



• Syntemucol
  Synteza, Poland



• Tamuc
  TAD, Germany



• Tirocular
  Angelini, Italy; Angelini, Portugal



• Touxium Mucolyticum
  SMB, Luxembourg



• Trebon-N
  Uni-Pharma, Greece



• Tussamag NAC akut
  CT Arzneimittel, Germany



• Tussicom
  Sanofi-Aventis, Poland



• Vedilan
  Pharmathen, Oman



• Vetemucil (veterinary use)
  Acme, Italy



• Viskoferm
  Nordic Drugs, Sweden



• ACC injekt
  Hexal, Russian Federation



• Acetylcysteine Sodium
  Abbott, United States; American Regent, United States; Bedford, United States; Dey, United States; Mayne, United States; Roxane, United States



• Mucomyst
  AstraZeneca, Norway; Sandoz, United States

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Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
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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