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Netherlands· NL-985206e5b43e

Orphacol 50 mg, harde capsules

A cholic acid product containing cholzuur, registered in Netherlands by Laboratoires CTRS. The same ATC class is registered in 11 of our 19 countries.

ATC A05AA03

Checked against CBG-MEB (Netherlands) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · NLCBG-MEB (Netherlands)normalisedOrphacol 50 mg, harde capsulesATCA05AA03REGISTER NO.NL-985206e5b43ePACKS LISTED1CHECKEDSeptember 29, 2026
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Where it is registered

Cholic acid is registered in 11 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC A05AA03 (cholic acid), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: Netherlands, from CBG-MEB (Netherlands)
  • 6 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
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Cholic acid · ATC A05AA03

11 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Czechiaprice
  • Denmark
  • Finlandprice
  • Icelandprice
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • Netherlands
  • Polandprice
  • United Kingdom
  • United Statesprice
Blue: a registration under this ATC code. The ringed marker is this record’s country. Markets marked price publish a price we can compare per daily dose.

The record

At a glance

CBG-MEB (Netherlands)
Active substance
CHOLZUUR
Manufacturer
Laboratoires CTRS
Country
Netherlands (NL)
ATC code
A05AA03
ATC class
Cholic acid
Defined daily dose
0.25 g, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
CBG-MEB (Netherlands)
Last checked
September 29, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

  • cbg_meb_id
    EU/1/13/870

Regulatory notes

No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.

Interactions

12 interactions on record for cholic acid.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 12 moderate. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

  • Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
  • The source, licence and sync date on every record
  • Mechanism and what to do for each pair — Growth plan
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Cholic acid · interactions on record

12 records

  • 12 moderate

Most severe, free to view

  • SucralfateA02BX02moderate
  • ColestyramineC10AC01moderate
  • ColestipolC10AC02moderate
  • ColesevelamC10AC04moderate
  • Interaction severity from DDInter 2.0 (Xiong G. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for non-commercial use only; not covered by the Drug Database commercial licence.
Mechanism and what to do, in the interaction check
Source: DDInter 2.0 · synced 29 Sept 2026. Grades as the source publishes them.

Same medicine, other countries

Cholic acid in 12 other countries

What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.

All cholic acid products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 4 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Orphacol
  • Iceland · Orphacol
  • Liechtenstein · Orphacol
  • Norway · Orphacol

Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.

Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of CBG-MEB (Netherlands). This is an informational data service and not a medical device — verify against the official source of record before any clinical decision.

For developers

The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/1b1c6a2e-492c-46c2-b432-e16154086091
GET /v1/drugs/1b1c6a2e-492c-46c2-b432-e16154086091?format=fhir

Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.

{
  "form": "Capsule, hard",
  "route": "Oraal gebruik",
  "soort": null,
  "source": "cbg_meb",
  "smpc_url": "https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/orphacol-epar-product-information_nl.pdf",
  "strength": null,
  "atc_label": "Cholic acid",
  "detail_url": "https://www.geneesmiddeleninformatiebank.nl/nl/cp106620",
  "excipients": [
    "GELATINE (E 441)",
    "INDIGOKARMIJN (E 132)",
    "LACTOSE 1-WATER",
    "MAGNESIUMSTEARAAT (E 470b)",
    "SILICIUMDIOXIDE (E 551)",
    "TITAANDIOXIDE (E 171)"
  ],
  "substances": [
    "CHOLZUUR"
  ],
  "leaflet_url": null,
  "authorised_at": "2013/09/12",
  "procedure_number": "EMEA/H/C/001250",
  "dispensing_status": "Uitsluitend recept",
  "registration_number": "EU/1/13/870",
  "additional_monitoring": "Y"
}
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This page is the registration. A free account adds the label text as the regulator wrote it, what it costs per daily dose across the markets that publish a price, a feed of what changes in the registers, and an assistant that answers with its sources. Interaction severity is free; mechanism and management are on the Growth plan. No card, nothing to install.

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