Switzerland· 62275002
Metronidazole Zentiva 500 mg, Filmtabletten
A metronidazole product containing metronidazolum, registered in Switzerland by Helvepharm AG and dispensed under Swissmedic category B, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 11 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Metronidazole is registered in 11 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC P01AB01 (metronidazole), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Switzerland, from Swissmedic (Switzerland)
- 7 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Metronidazole · ATC P01AB01
11 / 19 countries
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Italyprice
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of metronidazole costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (2 g), the median price runs from $0.72 in Italy to $6.31 in Switzerland — a ×8.7 gap.
- Switzerland: $6.31 per daily dose (median across products in the class)
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
Metronidazole · price per daily dose (2 g)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$6.31
- IT Italy$0.72
The record
At a glance
Swissmedic (Switzerland)- Active substance
- metronidazolum
- Manufacturer
- Helvepharm AG
- Country
- Switzerland (CH)
- ATC code
- P01AB01
- ATC class
- Metronidazole
- Defined daily dose
- 2 g, O
- Swissmedic category
- B
- Reimbursed
- Yes
- Source register
- Swissmedic (Switzerland)
- Last checked
- September 12, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
1 priced- gtin76806227500214 StkCHF 10.55
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
752 interactions on record for metronidazole.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 10 severe. 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
Metronidazole · interactions on record
752 records
- 10 severe
- 143 moderate
- 223 minor
- 376 info
Most severe, free to view
- DicoumarolB01AA01severe
- WarfarinB01AA03severe
- EthanolB05XX04severe
- AmprenavirJ05AE05severe
- 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.
Same medicine, other countries
Metronidazole in 16 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United StatesMetronidazolePD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- FranceFLAGYL 500 mg, comprimé pelliculéLABORATOIRES FIDIA
- NetherlandsMetronidazol Auro 500 mg, filmomhulde tablettenAurobindo Pharma B.V.
- FinlandArilinDr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel
- BelgiumFlagyl 500 mgFidia Farmaceutici
- NorwayMetronidazol ActavisActavis Group PTC ehf (1)
- PolandMetronidazol AurovitasAurovitas Pharma Polska Sp. z o.o.
- SwedenMetronidazol Actavis 500 mg Filmdragerad tablettActavis Group PTC ehf.
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 30 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Anaerobex, Metronidazol B. Braun
- Belgium · Flagyl, Metronidazole B. Braun
- Bulgaria · Aрилин, Арилин Рапид
- Cyprus · Colpocin-T, Flagymet
- Czechia · Efloran, Entizol
- Germany · Arilin, Arilin Rapid
- Denmark · Metronidazol Actavis, Metronidazol Avia Pharma
- Estonia · Arilin, Metronidazol Orifarm
- Spain · Flagyl, Intizol Vaginal
- Finland · Arilin, Flagyl
- France · Flagyl, Métronidazole Arrow
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Acea, Anabact
- Greece · Colpocin-T, Emedal
- Croatia · Arilin Rapid, Efloran
- Hungary · Klion, Metronidazol Noridem
- Ireland · Flagyl, Flagyl-S
- Iceland · Flagyl, Metronidazol Actavis
- Italy · Deflamon, Flagyl
- Lithuania · Arilin, Arilin Rapid
- Luxembourg · Flagyl, Metronidazol B. Braun
- Latvia · Arilin, Arilin Rapid
- Malta · Metronidazole B. Braun, Metronidazole Remedica
- Netherlands · Flagyl, Metronidazol Aurobindo
- Norway · Flagyl, Metronidazol Actavis
- Poland · Arilin Rapid, Metronidazol Aurovitas
- Portugal · Dabenzol, Dumozol
- Romania · Metronidazol Arena, Metronidazol B Infomed Fluids
- Sweden · Flagyl, Metronidazol Actavis
- Slovenia · Efloran, Metronidazol Braun
- Slovakia · Efloran, Entizol
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 Swissmedic (Switzerland). 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/d71e54ed-288b-47a4-adad-9b18903067f1 GET /v1/drugs/d71e54ed-288b-47a4-adad-9b18903067f1?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.
{
"unit": null,
"strength": "metronidazolum 500 mg",
"valid_from": "2011-10-01",
"limitations": null,
"galenic_form": "Filmtabl 500 mg",
"therapeutic_area": null,
"sl_inclusion_date": "2011-10-01",
"self_retention_pct": 10
}See everything about metronidazole.
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.