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British Approved Name (
BAN) is the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a
pharmaceutical substance, as defined in the
British Pharmacopoeia (BP). The BAN is also the official name used in many countries across the world, especially those of the
Commonwealth of Nations.
Combination preparations
BANs are unique in that names are assigned for combination preparations as well as single-drug preparations. For example the BAN
Co-amoxiclav is assigned to preparations containing
amoxicillin and
clavulanic acid. Most other pharmacopoeias simply refer to combination products by both ingredients in the preparation, in this example "amoxicillin with clavulanic acid".
The prefix of "co-" is used for many combination drugs, including opioid with paracetamol or aspirin
analgesics (for example,
Co-codamol,
Co-codaprin,
Co-dydramol,
Co-proxamol). The other commonly-encountered opioid combination is the
anti-diarrhoeal, non-analgesic mixture of
diphenoxylate and
atropine,
Co-phenotrope (a.k.a.
Lomotil). Also
antibiotics (for example,
Co-fluampicil and
Co-trimoxazole), drugs to lower blood pressure (for example,
Co-tenidone),
diuretics (for example,
Co-amilofruse and
Co-amilozide),
gastrointestinal drugs (for example,
Co-danthrusate) and anti-
Parkinsonism agents such as
Co-careldopa,
Co-beneldopa, and others (for example,
Co-cyprindiol).
BAN harmonisation
Recent
European Union legislation, requiring harmonisation of the BP with the
European Pharmacopoeia (EP), as well as the adoption of
International Nonproprietary Names across the EU has meant that, with the notable exception of
adrenaline/epinephrine, BANs are now the same as the INNs.
This has resulted in an interesting situation in countries such as Australia. While the British Pharmacopoeia and BANs are the official pharmacopoeia/names defined by legislation in these countries, the former-BANs continue to be used, purportedly because of the difficulty of changeover. Despite the importance of the BP there appears to be little or no movement in the direction of changing these names.
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