Lactic Acid

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

Scheme

USP

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

G01AD01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000050-21-5

Chemical Formula

C3-H6-O3

Molecular Weight

90

Therapeutic Category

Antiseptic

Chemical Name

Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-

Foreign Names

• Acidum lacticum (Latin)
• Milchsäure (German)
• Acide lactique (French)
• Acido lattico (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Acide lactique (OS: DCF)
• Lactic Acid (OS: JAN)
• Depsori (IS)
• E 270 (IS: E Number)
• Acide lactique (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Acidum lacticum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Lactic Acid (PH: BP 2010, JP XV, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Milchsäure (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Alluminio lattato (IS)
• Ammonium Lactate (OS: USAN)
• Ammonio lattato (IS)
• BMS 186091 (IS: Bristol-Myers)
• E 326 (IS)
• Potassio lattato (IS)
• Kaliumlactat-Lösung (PH: DAB 1999)
• Sodium Lactate (OS: JAN)
• E 325 (IS: E Number)
• Natrium-2-hydroxypropanoat (IS)
• Sodio lattato (IS)
• Sodium Lactate (IS: INCI)
• Sodium (S)-Lactate Solution (PH: BP 2010)
• Sodium Lactate Solution (PH: BP 2010)

Brand Names

• Acerin (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Scan-Anida, Poland



• Acidum L(+)-lacticum
  Ebi-Pharm, Switzerland



• Agramelk (veterinary use)
  Agraria, Germany



• Akaderm (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Gepepharm, Germany



• Antiverrugas Isdin (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Isdin, Spain



• Calmurid (Lactic Acid and Urea)
  Galderma, Switzerland



• Calmuril (Lactic Acid and Urea)
  ACO Hud, Sweden



• Clabin (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Chefaro, Germany



• Cuplex (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Crawford, United Kingdom



• Dermalac
  Taro, Canada



• Duofilm (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Gabriel Health, Greece; GlaxoSmithKline, Switzerland; Stiefel, Germany; Stiefel, France; Stiefel, Italy; Stiefel, New Zealand; Stiefel, Poland; Stiefel, Slovakia; Stiefel Laboratories, United Kingdom



• Epi Otic (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid (veterinary use))
  Virbac, Australia; Virbac, South Africa



• Espritin
  Petrasch, Austria



• KadeFungin Milchsäurekur (Lactic Acid and Lactic Acid Sodium)
  Kade, Germany



• Kerafilm (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Pierre Fabre Médicament, France



• Kerafilmver (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Pierre Fabre, Italy



• Keratisdin
  Isdin, Spain



• Lacta Gynecogel
  Medgenix, Belgium; Medgenix, Luxembourg



• Lactacyd
  Sanofi-Aventis, Bahrain; Sanofi-Aventis, Costa Rica; Sanofi-Aventis, Dominican Republic; Sanofi-Aventis, Guatemala; Sanofi-Aventis, Hong Kong; Sanofi-Aventis, Honduras; Sanofi-Aventis, Malaysia; Sanofi-Aventis, Nicaragua; Sanofi-Aventis, Panama; Sanofi-Aventis, Peru; Sanofi-Aventis, Singapore; Sanofi-Aventis, El Salvador; Sanofi-Aventis, Thailand; Sanofi-Synthelabo, Myanmar



• Lactacyd Infantil
  Sanofi-Aventis, Peru



• Lactibon
  Roemmers, Peru; Roemmers, Venezuela



• LactiCare
  Stiefel, Peru



• Lactinol
  Pedinol, United States



• Milchsäure (veterinary use)
  Serumber, Germany



• Salactol (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Dermal, United Kingdom



• Salatac (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Dermal, United Kingdom



• Unguento Callicida Naion (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Puerto Galiano, Spain



• Vagoclyss (Lactic Acid and Benzalkonium Chloride)
  Grossmann, Oman



• Verucid (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Galderma, Norway



• Verufil (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Stiefel, Spain



• Warz-ab (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Uhlmann-Eyraud Pharma, Switzerland



• Warzin
  Rösch & Handel, Austria



• W-Tropfen (Lactic Acid and Salicylic Acid)
  Hofmann & Sommer, Germany



• Deaftol (Lactic Acid and Lidocaine)
  Wild, Switzerland



• Drossadinetten (Lactic Acid and Lidocaine)
  Drossapharm, Switzerland



• Drossadinol (Lactic Acid and Lidocaine)
  Drossapharm, Switzerland



• Etiderm (veterinary use)
  Virbac, Luxembourg



• Ammonium Lactate
  Paddock, United States; Perrigo, United States; Taro, United States



• Lac-Hydrin
  Bristol-Myers Squibb, Singapore; Ranbaxy, United States



• Lactrex
  Galderma, Colombia



• Lanate
  Douglas, Malaysia; Douglas, New Zealand; Douglas, Singapore



• 1 M-Kaliumlactat-Lösung Fresenius
  Fresenius, Germany



• Acide Lactique Braun
  Braun, France



• Compound Sodium
  Albert David, Ethiopia



• Conclyte-L
  Nipro PharmaNipurofama, Japan



• KadeFungin Milchsäurekur (Lactic Acid and Lactic Acid)
  Kade, Germany



• Lactat-oral Fresenius
  Fresenius Kabi, Austria



• Sodium Lactate
  Baxter, United States; Braun, United States; Hospira, United States; Kuwait Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries Co. - KSPICO, Oman



• Vagisan
  Pharmagan, Slovenia; Remedia, Croatia (Hrvatska); Wolff, Germany

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
USAN	United States Adopted Name
USP	Pharmacopoeia of the United States

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