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Switzerland· 36110001

Phenhydan, Injektionslösung

A phenytoin product, registered in Switzerland by Desitin Pharma GmbH and dispensed under Swissmedic category B. The same ATC class is registered in 15 of our 19 countries.

Cat B (Swissmedic)ATC N03AB02

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Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · CHPublic registernormalisedPhenhydan, InjektionslösungATCN03AB02REGISTER NO.36110001PACKS LISTED0CHECKEDJune 26, 2026

Where it is registered

Phenytoin is registered in 15 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC N03AB02 (phenytoin), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: Switzerland
  • 9 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Phenytoin · ATC N03AB02

15 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Canada
  • Czechiaprice
  • Finlandprice
  • Franceprice
  • Germany
  • Ireland
  • Italyprice
  • Japan
  • Netherlands
  • Norwayprice
  • Polandprice
  • Switzerlandprice
  • 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.

Price per daily dose

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

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.3 g), the median price runs from $0.21 in Italy to $0.63 in France — a ×3.0 gap.

  • Switzerland: $0.49 per daily dose (median across products in the class)
  • Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
  • US figures are pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not retail

Phenytoin · price per daily dose (0.3 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

  • FR France$0.63
  • CH Switzerland$0.49
  • US United States$0.44 (acquisition cost)
  • IT Italy$0.21
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

Manufacturer
Desitin Pharma GmbH
Country
Switzerland (CH)
ATC code
N03AB02
ATC class
Phenytoin
Defined daily dose
0.3 g, O
Swissmedic category
B
Reimbursed
No
Last checked
June 26, 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

635 interactions on record for phenytoin.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 128 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

Phenytoin · interactions on record

635 records

  • 128 severe
  • 332 moderate
  • 13 minor
  • 82 info

Most severe, free to view

  • CimetidineA02BA01severe
  • RolapitantA04AD14severe
  • NaloxegolA06AH03severe
  • NaldemedineA06AH05severe

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

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  • 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.

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For developers

The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/ed810f91-d698-466d-bd5d-54ec7b661ee8
GET /v1/drugs/ed810f91-d698-466d-bd5d-54ec7b661ee8?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.

{
  "source": "swissmedic_auth",
  "heilmittelcode": "Synthetika"
}

See everything about phenytoin.

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.