Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

D08AC04,R01AX07,R02AA18,S01AX08,S03AA05

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0003811-75-4

Chemical Formula

C20-H26-N4-O2

Molecular Weight

354

Therapeutic Categories

Antiseptic agent

Disinfectant

Chemical Name

Benzenecarboximidamide, 4,4'-[1,6-hexanediylbis(oxy)]bis-

Foreign Names

• Hexamidinum (Latin)
• Hexamidin (German)
• Hexamidine (French)
• Hexamidina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Hexamidine (OS: BAN, DCF)
• Hexamidine Isetionate (OS: BANM)
• Hexamidine 2-hydroxyethanesulfonate (IS)
• Hexamidine (diisétionate d') (PH: Ph. Eur. 9)
• Hexamidine diisetionate (PH: Ph. Eur. 9)
• Hexamidine Isetionate (PH: BP 2018)
• Hexamidini diisetionas (PH: Ph. Eur. 9)

Brand Names

• Cyteal [+ Chlorhexidine, + Chlorocresol]
  Pierre Fabre Medicament, Slovakia
• Cytéal [+ Chlorhexidine, + Chlorocresol]
  Rovafarm, Argentina; Simed, Tunisia
• Desomedine
  Chauvin, Tunisia
• Hexomedine
  ADWYA, Tunisia
• Aurigoutte [+ Lidocaine]
  Merck Médication Familiale, France
• Colludol [+ Lidocaine]
  Cooper, France; Melisana, Belgium; Melisana, Luxembourg
• Cyteal [+ Chlorhexidine, + Chlorocresol]
  Pierre Fabre, Georgia; Pierre Fabre, Portugal
• Cytéal [+ Chlorhexidine, + Chlorocresol]
  Pierre Fabre, Czech Republic; Pierre Fabre, Kuwait; Pierre Fabre Médicament, France
• Desomedin
  Bausch & Lomb Swiss, Switzerland
• Désomédine
  Chauvin Bausch & Lomb, France
• Desomedine 0.1%
  Bausch & Lomb, Belgium; Bausch & Lomb, Luxembourg
• Hexamidine Gilbert 0.1%
  Gilbert, France
• Hexamidine Mylan
  Mylan, France
• Hexaseptine 0.1%
  Gifrer, France
• Hexomedine
  Melisana, Belgium; sanofi-aventis, Venezuela
• Hexomédine
  Sanofi-Aventis, France
• Hexomedine [+ Tetracaine]
  Sanofi-Aventis Farmaceutica, Brazil
• Hexomedine 0.1%
  Melisana, Luxembourg
• Hexomédine 0.1%
  Sanofi-Aventis, France
• Imacort [+ Clotrimazole, + Prednisolone]
  Galderma, Slovakia; Spirig Baltikum, Lithuania
• Imaduo 10 mg/g + 2.5 mg/g [+ Clotrimazole]
  Galderma, Hungary
• Imazol [+ Clotrimazole]
  Galderma Schweiz, Switzerland; Spirig Baltikum, Lithuania
• Imazol comp [+ Clotrimazole, + Prednisolone]
  Galderma, Germany
• Imazol plus [+ Clotrimazole]
  Galderma, Germany
• Imazol Plus [+ Clotrimazole]
  Bailleul, Estonia; Galderma, Slovakia; Spirig Pharma, Poland
• Iset Hexamidina + Cl Tetrac. Ache [+ Tetracaine]
  Aché, Brazil
• Laryngomedin
  Cassella-med, Germany
• Medi Pulv [+ Chlorhexidine, + Allantoin]
  Pharmabroker, New Zealand
• Medicreme Antiseptic [+ Chlorhexidine, + Cetrimide, + Lidocaine]
  Pharmabroker, New Zealand

Glossary

Further information on drug naming conventions: International Nonproprietary Names.