Belgium· BE-AMP-SAM381586-00

Medikinet Retard 20 mg

A methylphenidate product containing methylphenidate hydrochloride, registered in Belgium by Medice Arzneimittel Pütter. The same ATC class is registered in 18 of our 19 countries.

ATC N06BA04

Checked against FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium) on September 26, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Methylphenidate is registered in 18 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC N06BA04 (methylphenidate), each read from that country’s own register.

This record: Belgium, from FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium)
10 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

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Methylphenidate · ATC N06BA04

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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.

Price per daily dose

What a daily dose of methylphenidate costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (30 mg), the median price runs from $0.56 in France to $1.87 in Switzerland — a ×3.4 gap.

4 markets with a comparable price for this class
Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
US figures are pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not retail

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Methylphenidate · price per daily dose (30 mg)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$1.87
IT Italy$0.68
US United States$0.56 (acquisition cost)
FR France$0.56

Median listed price per WHO defined daily dose, in each market that publishes a price. US = pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not a retail price. Open the full comparison

The record

At a glance

FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium)

Active substance: Methylphenidate Hydrochloride
Manufacturer: Medice Arzneimittel Pütter
Country: Belgium (BE)
ATC code: N06BA04
ATC class: Methylphenidate
Defined daily dose: 30 mg, O
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium)
Last checked: September 26, 2026

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Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

196 interactions on record for methylphenidate.

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

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Methylphenidate · interactions on record

196 records

12 severe
45 moderate
3 minor
128 info

Most severe, free to view

ProcarbazineL01XB01severe
OzanimodL04AA38severe
OzanimodL04AE02severe
CocaineN01BC01severe

8 more interactions with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.

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

Methylphenidate in 16 other countries

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

All methylphenidate products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 30 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Austria · Concerta, Conmethyl
Bulgaria · Концерта
Cyprus · Concerta
Czechia · Balipre, Concerta
Germany · 5 Mg, Medikinet, 50 Mg, Medikinet Adult
Denmark · Concerta, Equasym Depot
Estonia · Affenid, Concerta
Spain · Atenza, Concerta
Finland · Atexam, Concerta
France · Concerta Lp, Lp
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Addepta Xl, Affenid Xl
Greece · Concerta
Croatia · Concerta, Mefeda
Hungary · Ritalin, Ritalin La
Ireland · Concerta Xl, Equasym Xl
Iceland · Concerta, Equasym Depot
Italy · Equasym, Medikinet
Liechtenstein · Concerta, Tuzulby
Lithuania · Concerta, Medikinet
Luxembourg · Concerta, Equasym Xr
Latvia · Medikinet, Medikinet Xl
Malta · Concerta, Concerta Xl
Netherlands · Concerta, Equasym Xl
Norway · Concerta, Delmosart
Poland · Adehader, Atenza
Portugal · Atexam, Concerta
Romania · Clorhidrat De Metilfenidat G.L. Pharma, Concerta
Sweden · Affenid, Concerta
Slovenia · Concerta
Slovakia · Balipre, Concerta

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 FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium). 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/af29d64d-e8d6-4abc-a572-39368c593a30
GET /v1/drugs/af29d64d-e8d6-4abc-a572-39368c593a30?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": "Modified-release capsule, hard",
  "source": "afmps",
  "status": "AUTHORIZED",
  "name_en": "Medikinet Retard 20 mg",
  "name_fr": "Medikinet Retard 20 mg",
  "name_nl": "Medikinet Retard 20 mg",
  "amp_code": "SAM381586-00",
  "strengths": [
    "20.0000",
    "17.3000",
    "0.0550",
    "0.4840",
    "0.0580",
    "0.0380",
    "0.0003",
    "0.1091",
    "1.5890",
    "0.1091"
  ],
  "pack_count": 2,
  "substances": [
    "Methylphenidate Hydrochloride",
    "Methylphenidate",
    "Sodium Hydroxide",
    "Sodium Laurilsulfate",
    "Sorbic Acid",
    "Sucrose",
    "Polysorbate 80"
  ],
  "medicine_type": "ALLOPATHIC",
  "atc_description": "Methylphenidate",
  "authorisation_numbers": [
    "BE381586"
  ]
}

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