Canada· CA-DIN-00035076
ALCAINE
A proxymetacaine product containing proparacaine hydrochloride, registered in Canada by ALCON CANADA INC. The same ATC class is registered in 10 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Proxymetacaine is registered in 10 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC S01HA04 (proxymetacaine), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Canada, from Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
- 6 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Proxymetacaine · ATC S01HA04
10 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Germany
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
The record
At a glance
Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)- Active substance
- PROPARACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
- Manufacturer
- ALCON CANADA INC
- Country
- Canada (CA)
- ATC code
- S01HA04
- ATC class
- Proxymetacaine
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
- Last checked
- October 1, 2026
Packs & prices · 0
No packs listed by the register for this record.
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
20 interactions on record for proxymetacaine.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 20 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
Proxymetacaine · interactions on record
20 records
- 20 moderate
Most severe, free to view
- MetoclopramideA03FA01moderate
- SulfamethizoleB05CA04moderate
- LidocaineC01BB01moderate
- Silver sulfadiazineD06BA01moderate
- 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
Proxymetacaine in 9 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United StatesAlcaineAlcon Laboratories, Inc.
- PolandAlcaineInPharm Sp. z o.o.
- NorwayAlcaineAlcon Nordic A/S
- United KingdomMinims proxymetacaine 0.5% eye drops 0.5ml unit doseBausch & Lomb UK Ltd
- BelgiumAlcaine 0.5 %Alcon
- IcelandAlcaineAlcon Nordic A/S
- IrelandMinims Proxymetacaine hydrochloride 0.5% w/v, Eye Drops, SolutionBausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- SwitzerlandAlcaine, AugentropfenAlcon Switzerland SA
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 12 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Belgium · Alcaine
- Bulgaria · Алкаин
- Cyprus · Alcaine
- Germany · Proparakain-Pos
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Proxymetacaine Hydrochloride Minims Bausch & Lomb Uk
- Greece · Alcaine
- Ireland · Minims
- Iceland · Alcaine
- Lithuania · Alcaine
- Norway · Alcaine
- Poland · Alcaine
- Slovenia · Alcaine
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
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For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/df5bd6b9-99f4-4f6d-a8cd-d21ddb3f5304 GET /v1/drugs/df5bd6b9-99f4-4f6d-a8cd-d21ddb3f5304?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.
{
"din": "00035076",
"form": "DROPS",
"class": "Human",
"routes": [
"OPHTHALMIC"
],
"source": "health_canada_dpd",
"status": "MARKETED",
"atc_raw": "S01HA04",
"schedule": [
"Ethical"
],
"drug_code": "1172",
"strengths": [
"0.5 %"
],
"ahfs_class": null,
"substances": [
"PROPARACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE"
],
"product_categorization": null
}See everything about proxymetacaine.
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.