BANs to rINNs

Changing substance names from BANs to rINNs

Changes of Name

The following is a list of medicinal substances for which the British Approved Names (BANs) have been changed to match the corresponding recommended International Non-Proprietary Names (rINNs). These changes were published in the ‘British Pharmacopoeia 2003’, which became effective on 1 December 2003. BANs have been changed to match rINNs where the names differ to achieve consistency in the names of medicines available in the UK and ensure compliance with EC legislation.

BANs to rINNs table
Former BAN	New BAN
Changed from:	To:
acepifylline	acefylline piperazine
acinitrazole	aminitrozole
acrosoxacin	rosoxacin
allyloestrenol	allylestrenol
aloxidone	allomethadione
alphadolone	alfadolone
alphaxalone	alfaxalone
amethocaine	tetracaine
amidephrine	amidefrine
aminacrine	aminoacridine
amoxycillin	amoxicillin
amphetamine	amfetamine
amylobarbitone	amobarbital
amylobarbitone sodium	amobarbital sodium
angiotensin amide	angiotensinamide
azetepa	azatepa
balipramine	depramine
barbitone	barbital
beclomethasone	beclometasone
benapryzine	benaprizine
bendrofluazide	bendroflumethiazide
benorylate	benorilate
benzathine penicillin	benzathine benzylpenicillin
benzhexol	trihexyphenidyl
benzphetamine	benzfetamine
benztropine	benzatropine
bethanidine	betanidine
bismuth glycollylarsanilate	glycobiarsol
bromocyclen	bromociclen
bromodiphenhydramine	bromazine
buniodyl	bunamiodyl
busulphan	busulfan
butamyrate	butamirate
butethamate	butetamate
buthalitone sodium	buthalital sodium
butobarbitone	butobarbital
butoxamine	butaxamine
carbiphene	carbifene
carbolonium bromide	hexcarbacholine bromide
carbophenothion	carbofenotion
carphenazine	carfenazine
carticaine	articaine
cellacephate	cellacefate
cephamandole	cefamandole
cephamandole nafate	cefamandole nafate
cephoxazole	cefoxazole
cephradine	cefradine
certoparin	certoparin sodium
chlophedianol	clofedanol
chloral betaine	cloral betaine
chloramine	tosylchloramide sodium
chlorbutol	chlorobutanol
chlordantoin	clodantoin
chlorfenvinphos	clofenvinfos
chlorhexadol	chloralodol
chlormethiazole	clomethiazole
chlorpheniramine	chlorphenamine

chlorthalidone	chlortalidone
chlorthenoxazin	chlorthenoxazine
cholecalciferol	colecalciferol
cholestyramine	colestyramine
clamoxyquin	clamoxyquine
cloguanamile	cloguanamil
clomiphene	clomifene
clorgyline	clorgiline
clothiapine	clotiapine
co-carboxylase	cocarboxylase
colistin sulphomethate sodium	colistimethate sodium
corticotrophin	corticotropin
coumaphos	coumafos
cromoglycic acid	cromoglicic acid
crotethamide	crotetamide
cumetharol	coumetarol
cyacetazide	cyacetacide
cyclobarbitone calcium	cyclobarbital calcium
cycloprolol	cicloprolol
cysteamine	mercaptamine
danthron	dantron
deoxycortone	desoxycortone
desoxymethasone	desoximetasone
diamphenethide	diamfenetide
diazinon	dimpylate
dibromopropamidine	dibrompropamidine
dichlorphenamide	diclofenamide
dicyclomine	dicycloverine
dienoestrol	dienestrol
dimenoxadole	dimenoxadol
dimepropion	metamfepramone
dimethicone(s)	dimeticone
dimethindene	dimetindene
dimethisoquin	quinisocaine
dimethothiazine	dimetotiazine
dimethyl sulphoxide	dimethyl sulfoxide
dioxathion	dioxation
dipenine bromide	diponium bromide
diphenidol	difenidol
dothiepin	dosulepin
doxybetasol	doxibetasol
doxycycline hydrochloride (hemihydrate hemiethanolate)	doxycycline hyclate
dyclocaine	dyclonine
eformoterol	formoterol
epioestriol	epiestriol
epithiazide	epitizide
etenzamide	ethenzamide
ethacrynic acid	etacrynic acid
ethamivan	etamivan
ethamsylate	etamsylate
ethebenecid	etebenecid
ethinyloestradiol	ethinylestradiol
ethoglucid	etoglucid
ethopropazine	profenamine
ethosalamide	etosalamide
ethybenztropine	etybenzatropine
ethyloestrenol	ethylestrenol
ethylphenaxemide	pheneturide
etifoxin	etifoxine
fanthridone	fantridone
fenchlorphos	fenclofos
fenethylline	fenetylline
fetoxylate	fetoxilate
flumethasone	flumetasone
fluopromazine	triflupromazine
flupenthixol	flupentixol
flurandrenolone	fludroxycortide
flurothyl	flurotyl
frusemide	furosemide
gestronol	gestonorone
glycalox	glucalox
guaiphenesin	guaifenesin
halethazole	haletazole
halopyramine	chloropyramine
heptabarbitone	heptabarb
hexachlorophane	hexachlorophene
hexamine hippurate	methenamine hippurate
hexobarbitone	hexobarbital
hydroxamethocaine	hydroxytetracaine
hydroxyamphetamine	hydroxyamfetamine
hydroxyprogesterone hexanoate	hydroxyprogesterone caproate
hydroxyurea	hydroxycarbamide
icomethasone enbutate	icometasone enbutate
indomethacin	indometacin
iodipamide	adipiodone
iophendylate	iofendylate
iothalamic acid	iotalamic acid
isobuzole	glysobuzole
isoetharine	isoetarine
isometamidium	isometamidium chloride
levamphetamine	levamfetamine
lignocaine	lidocaine
lynoestrenol	lynestrenol
lysuride	lisuride
malethamer	maletamer
medigoxin	metildigoxin
meprothixol	meprotixol
methadyl acetate	acetylmethadol
methallenoestril	methallenestril
methallibure	metallibure
methamphazone	metamfazone
metharbitone	metharbital
methenolone	metenolone
methetoin	metetoin
methicillin sodium	meticillin sodium
methimazole	thiamazole
methindizate	metindizate
methisazone	metisazone
methixene	metixene
methohexitone	methohexital
methoin	mephenytoin
methotrimeprazine	levomepromazine
methsuximide	mesuximide
methyl cysteine	mecysteine
methylene blue	methylthioninium chloride
methylphenobarbitone	methylphenobarbital
methyprylone	methyprylon
metriphonate	metrifonate
metyzoline	metizoline
mitozantrone	mitoxantrone
monosulfiram	sulfiram
mustine	chlormethine
naphthalophos	naftalofos
nealbarbitone	nealbarbital
nicoumalone	acenocoumarol
nitroxynil	nitroxinil
norbutrine	norbudrine
norethynodrel	noretynodrel
noxiptyline	noxiptiline
noxythiolin	noxytiolin
nylestriol	nilestriol
octacosactrin	tosactide
octaphonium chloride	octafonium chloride
oestradiol	estradiol
oestriol	estriol
oestriol sodium succinate	estriol sodium succinate
oestriol succinate	estriol succinate
oestrone	estrone
oxethazaine	oxetacaine
oxpentifylline	pentoxifylline
oxyphenisatin	oxyphenisatine
oxypurinol	oxipurinol
pentaerythritol tetranitrate	pentaerithrityl tetranitrate
pentobarbitone	pentobarbital
pentolinium tartrate	pentolonium tartrate
phanquone	phanquinone
phenbenicillin	fenbenicillin
phenbutrazate	fenbutrazate
phenethicillin	pheneticillin
phenobarbitone	phenobarbital
phenoxypropazine	fenoxypropazine
phenyl aminosalicylate	fenamisal
phenyramidol	fenyramidol
phthalylsulphathiazole	phthalylsulfathiazole
pipazethate	pipazetate
pipothiazine	pipotiazine
plasmin	fibrinolysin (human)
polyhexanide	polihexanide
polymyxin	polymyxin B
polyoxyl 40 stearate	macrogol ester
potassium clorazepate	dipotassium clorazepate
pramoxine	pramocaine
procaine penicillin	procaine benzylpenicillin
promethoestrol	methestrol
promoxolan	promoxolane
pronethalol	pronetalol
proquamezine	aminopromazine
prothionamide	protionamide
psilocybin	psilocybine
quinalbarbitone	secobarbital
riboflavine	riboflavin
rolicypram	rolicyprine
salazosulphadimidine	salazosulfadimidine
salcatonin	calcitonin (salmon)
secbutobarbitone	secbutabarbital
sissomicin	sisomicin
sodium anoxynaphthonate	anazolene sodium
sodium calciumedetate	sodium calcium edetate
sodium cromoglycate	sodium cromoglicate
sodium diatrizoate	sodium amidotrizoate
sodium ipodate	sodium iopodate
sodium ironedetate	sodium feredetate
sodium picosulphate	sodium picosulfate
sorbitan mono-oleate	sorbitan oleate
sorbitan monolaurate	sorbitan laurate
sorbitan monopalmitate	sorbitan palmitate
sorbitan monostearate	sorbitan stearate
stanolone	androstanolone
stibocaptate	sodium stibocaptate
stilboestrol	diethylstilbestrol
streptonicozid	streptoniazid
succinylsulphathiazole	succinylsulfathiazole
sulglycotide	sulglicotide
sulphacetamide	sulfacetamide
sulphachlorpyridazine	sulfachlorpyridazine
sulphadiazine	sulfadiazine
sulphadimethoxine	sulfadimethoxine
sulphadimidine	sulfadimidine
sulphaethidole	sulfaethidole
sulphaguanidine	sulfaguanidine
sulphaloxic acid	sulfaloxic acid
sulphamethizole	sulfamethizole
sulphamethoxazole	sulfamethoxazole
sulphamethoxydiazine	sulfametoxydiazine
sulphamethoxypyridazine	sulfamethoxypyridazine
sulphamoxole	sulfamoxole
sulphaphenazole	sulfaphenazole
sulphaproxyline	sulfaproxyline
sulphapyridine	sulfapyridine
sulphasalazine	sulfasalazine
sulphasomidine	sulfisomidine
sulphasomizole	sulfasomizole
sulphathiazole	sulfathiazole
sulphathiourea	sulfathiourea
sulphatolamide	sulfatolamide
sulphaurea	sulfacarbamide
sulphinpyrazone	sulfinpyrazone
sulphomyxin sodium	sulfomyxin sodium
sulthiame	sultiame
tetracosactrin	tetracosactide
tetrahydrozoline	tetryzoline
thiabendazole	tiabendazole
thiacetazone	thioacetazone
thialbarbitone	thialbarbital
thiazesim	tiazesim
thiocarlide	tiocarlide
thioguanine	tioguanine
thiomesterone	tiomesterone
thiopentone	thiopental
thiothixene	tiotixene
thioxolone	tioxolone
thymoxamine	moxisylyte
thyroxine sodium	levothyroxine sodium
triacetyloleandomycin	troleandomycin
tribavirin	ribavirin
trimeprazine	alimemazine
trimustine	trichlormethine
troxidone	trimethadione
tyformin	tiformin
urofollitrophin	urofollitropin
vinbarbitone	vinbarbital
vinylbitone	vinylbital
viprynium embonate	pyrvinium pamoate
xanthinol nicotinate	xantinol nicotinate
xanthocillin	xantocillin

The following changes in spelling apply to names for radical and groups below.

Changed from:	To:
besylate	besilate
camsylate	camsilate
closylate	closilate
cypionate	cipionate
edisylate	edisilate
enanthate	enantate
esylate	esilate
ethylsulphate	etilsulfate
isethionate	isetionate
mesylate	mesilate
methylsulphate	metilsulfate
napadisylate	napadisilate
napsylate	napsilate
theoclate	teoclate
tosylate	tosilate

Former BAN

New BAN

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