Potassium Bromide

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

Scheme

USAN

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0007758-02-3

Chemical Formula

K-Br

Molecular Weight

119

Therapeutic Category

Antiepileptic agent

Foreign Names

• Kalii bromidum (Latin)
• Kaliumbromid (German)
• Potassium (Bromure de) (French)

Generic Names

• Potassium Bromide (OS: JAN)
• Kalii bromidum (PH: Ph. Eur. 5)
• Kaliumbromid (PH: Ph. Eur. 5)
• Potassium (bromure de) (PH: Ph. Eur. 5)
• Potassium Bromide (PH: BP 2010, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 5)

Brand Names

• Bromapex (veterinary use)
  Apex Laboratories, Australia



• DIBRO-BE mono
  Dibropharm, Germany



• Epibrom (veterinary use)
  Hi-Perform Veterinary Products, Australia



• Epilease (veterinary use)
  Vet Plus, United Kingdom



• KBr Tablets (veterinary use)
  Genitirix, United Kingdom

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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