Magnesium Carbonate

In the US, Magnesium Carbonate is a member of the drug class minerals and electrolytes and is used to treat Dietary Supplementation, Hyperphosphatemia of Renal Failure, Hypomagnesemia and Indigestion.

Scheme

JAN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

A02AA01,A06AD01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000546-93-0

Chemical Formula

Mg-C-O3

Molecular Weight

84

Therapeutic Categories

Antacid

Laxative, osmotically acting

Chemical Names

Carbonic acid, magnesium salt (USAN)

Magnesium Carbonate (USAN)

Foreign Names

• Magnesium carbonat (German)
• Carbonate de magnésium (French)
• Magnesio, carbonato de (Spanish)

Generic Names

• E 504 (IS)
• Magnesiumsubkarbonat (IS)
• Magnesium Carbonate (OS: JAN)
• Carbonic acid, magnesium salt, basic (IS)
• Hydrated basic magnesium carbonate (IS)
• Magnesium carbonate, basic (IS)
• Magnesii subcarbonas ponderosus (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Magnesium Carbonate (PH: USP 32)
• Magnesium Carbonate, Heavy (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Magnesiumcarbonat, Schweres, basisches (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• UNII-0E53J927NA (IS)
• Magnesii subcarbonas levis (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Magnesium Carbonate, Light (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Magnesiumcarbonat, Leichtes, basisches (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Andrews Antacid (Magnesium Carbonate and Calicum Carbonate)
  GlaxoSmithKline, New Zealand



• Be-Lax (Magnesium Carbonate and Magnesium Sulfate)
  Be-Tabs Pharmaceuticals, South Africa



• Citrato Espresso Gabbiani (Magnesium Carbonate and Magnesium Oxide)
  Montefarmaco OTC, Italy



• Dolomit VIS (Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium carbonate)
  Vis, Poland



• Elkopas (Magnesium Carbonate and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Demo, Greece



• Gastal (Magnesium Carbonate and Aluminium Hydroxide + Magnesium Hydroxide)
  Pliva, Croatia (Hrvatska)



• Heavy Magnesium Carbonate
  Oriental PharmaceuticalOrientaru Yakuhin, Japan



• Limonata
  Mediplants, Greece



• Link (Magnesium Carbonate and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Actavis, Denmark; Actavis, Norway



• Mag 2
  Cooper, France



• Magnesie Plus (Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium Carbonate, + Sodium Bicarbonate)
  Omega, Belgium



• Magnesium Carbonate
  MidWest, New Zealand



• Magnesium Jenapharm
  Mibe Jena, Germany



• Novagel (Magnesium Carbonate and Aluminium Hydroxide, Magnesium Hydroxide)
  Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Co. LTD. - APM, Oman



• OsvaRen (Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium acetate)
  Fresenius, Malta; Fresenius, Norway



• Proacid (Magnesium Carbonate and Aluminium Glycinate)
  Ziololek, Poland



• Rennie (Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium Carbonate)
  Bayer, Austria; Bayer, Belgium; Bayer, Spain; Bayer, Croatia (Hrvatska); Bayer, Netherlands; Bayer, Oman; Bayer, Sweden; Bayer Consumer Care, South Africa; Roche, Belgium



• Rennie Antacidum (Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium Carbonat)
  Sandoz, Poland



• Urusan (Magnesium Carbonate and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Korea United Pharm, Vietnam



• Magnesium Nutrimed
  Nutrifarma, Turkey; Nutrimed, Switzerland



• OsvaRen (Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium acetate)
  Fresenius, Germany; Fresenius, Greece; Fresenius Medical Care, Sweden



• Rennie (Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium Carbonate)
  Bayer, Switzerland; Bayer, Germany; Bayer, Hungary; Bayer, Malta; Bayer, Singapore



• Rephoren (Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium acetate)
  Fresenius Medical Care, United Kingdom



• Tums (Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium Carbonate)
  GlaxoSmithKline, Slovakia



• Aromag (Magnesium Carbonate and Sodium Bicarbonate)
  ICM, Singapore



• Biolectra Magnesium
  Hermes, Germany



• Lösnesium
  Mibe Jena, Germany



• Magnesio carbonato + acido citrico Farmacologico Mil. (Magnesium Carbonate and Citric Acid)
  Farmacologico, Italy



• Magnesio carbonato + acido citrico Farve (Magnesium Carbonate and Citric Acid)
  Farve, Italy



• Magnesio carbonato + acido citrico Marco Viti (Magnesium Carbonate and Citric Acid)
  Marco Viti, Italy



• Magnesio carbonato + acido citrico Nova Argentia (Magnesium Carbonate and Citric Acid)
  Nova Argentia, Italy



• Magnesio carbonato + acido citrico Sella (Magnesium Carbonate and Citric Acid)
  Sella, Italy



• Magnesio carbonato + acido citrico Zeta (Magnesium Carbonate and Citric Acid)
  Zeta, Italy

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

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

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