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Updating medicine ingredient names - list of affected ingredients

The list below shows the medicine ingredient names that are changing. The list is split into active ingredients and excipient ingredients.

Last updated

We updated some medicine ingredient names used in Australia to align with names used internationally.

About the list

The list below shows the medicine ingredient names that are changing. This list is split into:

Adrenaline and noradrenaline

Adrenaline and noradrenaline remain as the approved names in Australia. There is no intent to move to using epinephrine and norepinephrine as the new ingredient names.

Instead, medicines containing adrenaline and noradrenaline will include the international names epinephrine and norepinephrine on labels and information leaflets. By including this information on labels indefinitely, we hope to reduce confusion for health professionals and consumers.

Changes to the list

The following changes to the list of affected ingredient names were made after April 2016 from most to least recent. These changes are also reflected in the searchable list.

  • November 2016: The ingredient name diatrizoate meglumine has been further updated to amidotrizoate meglumine to ensure consistent naming of diatrizoate derivatives in Australia.
  • November 2016: The ingredient name thyroxine sodium has been updated to the International Nonproprietary Name levothyroxine sodium.

Active ingredient changes

Dual labelling: these ingredients will need to show both the old and new name as displayed below on the product label until 2023.

Old name New name Change
Adrenaline adrenaline (epinephrine) Adrenaline and noradrenaline
Adrenaline acid tartrate adrenaline (epinephrine) acid tartrate Adrenaline and noradrenaline
Adrenaline acid tartrate (epinephrine acid tartrate) adrenaline (epinephrine) acid tartrate Adrenaline and noradrenaline
Adrenaline hydrochloride adrenaline (epinephrine) hydrochloride Adrenaline and noradrenaline
Noradrenaline acid tartrate noradrenaline (norepinephrine) acid tartrate monohydrate Adrenaline and noradrenaline
Actinomycin D dactinomycin (actinomycin D) Dual labelling
Amethocaine hydrochloride tetracaine (amethocaine) hydrochloride Dual labelling
Amphotericin amphotericin B (amphotericin) Dual labelling
Amylobarbitone sodium amobarbital (amylobarbitone) sodium Dual labelling
Bacillus Calmette and Guerin Mycobacterium bovis (Bacillus Calmette and Guerin (BCG) strain) Dual labelling
Benzhexol hydrochloride trihexyphenidyl (benzhexol) hydrochloride Dual labelling
Colaspase asparaginase (colaspase) Dual labelling
Co-methylcobalamin mecobalamin (co-methylcobalamin) Dual labelling
Crystal violet CI42555 methylrosanilinium chloride (Crystal violet CI42555) Dual labelling
Cysteamine bitartrate mercaptamine (cysteamine) bitartrate Dual labelling
Dothiepin hydrochloride dosulepin (dothiepin) hydrochloride Dual labelling
Doxycycline hydrochloride doxycycline hyclate (hydrochloride) Dual labelling
Eformoterol formoterol (eformoterol) Dual labelling
Eformoterol fumarate formoterol (eformoterol) fumarate Dual labelling
Eformoterol fumarate dihydrate formoterol (eformoterol) fumarate dihydrate Dual labelling
Frusemide furosemide (frusemide) Dual labelling
Frusemide sodium furosemide (frusemide) sodium Dual labelling
Glycopyrrolate glycopyrronium bromide (glycopyrrolate) Dual labelling
Hydroxyurea hydroxycarbamide (hydroxyurea) Dual labelling
Lignocaine lidocaine (lignocaine) Dual labelling
Lignocaine hydrochloride lidocaine (lignocaine) hydrochloride monohydrate Dual labelling
Lignocaine hydrochloride anhydrous lidocaine (lignocaine) hydrochloride Dual labelling
Oxpentifylline pentoxifylline (oxpentifylline) Dual labelling
Phenobarbitone phenobarbital (phenobarbitone) Dual labelling
Phenobarbitone sodium phenobarbital (phenobarbitone) sodium Dual labelling
Piperazine oestrone sulfate estropipate (piperazine oestrone sulfate) Dual labelling
Procaine penicillin procaine benzylpenicillin (procaine penicillin) Dual labelling
Salcatonin calcitonin salmon (salcatonin) Dual labelling
Tetracosactrin tetracosactide (tetracosactrin) Dual labelling
Trimeprazine tartrate alimemazine (trimeprazine) tartrate Dual labelling
Acriflavine acriflavinium chloride Other significant changes
Berberine hydrochloride berberine chloride Other significant changes
Butoxyethyl nicotinate nicoboxil Other significant changes
Chitosan poliglusam Other significant changes
Chlorbutol chlorobutanol hemihydrate Other significant changes
Chlorphenamine maleate (Chlorpheniramine maleate) chlorphenamine maleate Other significant changes
Chlorpheniramine maleate chlorphenamine maleate Other significant changes
Diclofenac diethylammonium diclofenac diethylamine Other significant changes
Glutaraldehyde glutaral Other significant changes
Glycol salicylate hydroxyethyl salicylate Other significant changes
Hexamine hippurate methenamine hippurate Other significant changes
Hydroxyethylrutosides oxerutins Other significant changes
Hydroxyquinoline sulfate oxyquinoline sulfate Other significant changes
Insulin - human insulin Other significant changes
Iodobenzylguanidine(131I) sulfate iobenguane (131I) sulfate Other significant changes
Laureth-9 lauromacrogol 400 Other significant changes
Maldison malathion Other significant changes
Meglumine diatrizoate amidotrizoate meglumine Other significant changes
Octyl triazone ethylhexyl triazone Other significant changes
Oxethazaine oxetacaine Other significant changes
Rutin rutoside Other significant changes
Sodium diatrizoate sodium amidotrizoate Other significant changes
Tetrahydrozoline hydrochloride tetryzoline hydrochloride Other significant changes
Thiamine phosphate acid ester chloride dihydrate monophosphothiamine dihydrate Other significant changes
Thiamine phosphoric acid ester chloride monophosphothiamine Other significant changes
thyroxine sodium levothyroxine sodium Other significant changes
Triethanolamine lauryl sulfate trolamine lauril sulfate Other significant changes
Triethanolamine salicylate trolamine salicylate Other significant changes
Alpha tocopherol dl-alpha-tocopherol Minor spelling changes
Alpha tocopherol acetate dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate Minor spelling changes
Aminacrine hydrochloride aminoacridine hydrochloride Minor spelling changes
Amlodipine besylate amlodipine besilate Minor spelling changes
Amoxycillin amoxicillin Minor spelling changes
Amoxycillin sodium amoxicillin sodium Minor spelling changes
Amoxycillin trihydrate amoxicillin trihydrate Minor spelling changes
Atracurium besylate atracurium besilate Minor spelling changes
Beclomethasone Dipropionate beclometasone dipropionate Minor spelling changes
Benztropine mesylate benzatropine mesilate Minor spelling changes
Bromocriptine mesylate bromocriptine mesilate Minor spelling changes
Cephalexin cefalexin monohydrate Minor spelling changes
Cephalexin anhydrous cefalexin Minor spelling changes
Cephalothin sodium cefalotin sodium Minor spelling changes
Cephamandole cefamandole Minor spelling changes
Cephazolin cefazolin Minor spelling changes
Cephazolin sodium cefazolin sodium Minor spelling changes
Chlorthalidone chlortalidone Minor spelling changes
Cholecalciferol colecalciferol Minor spelling changes
Cholestyramine colestyramine Minor spelling changes
Cisatracurium besylate cisatracurium besilate Minor spelling changes
Clomiphene citrate clomifene citrate Minor spelling changes
Cyclosporin ciclosporin Minor spelling changes
Desferrioxamine mesylate desferrioxamine mesilate Minor spelling changes
Dexamphetamine sulfate dexamfetamine sulfate Minor spelling changes
Dextropropoxyphene napsylate dextropropoxyphene napsilate monohydrate Minor spelling changes
Di-iodohydroxyquinoline diiodohydroxyquinoline Minor spelling changes
Diphemanil methylsulfate diphemanil metilsulfate Minor spelling changes
Dimethicone 350 dimeticone 350 Minor spelling changes
dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate Minor spelling changes
Dolasetron mesylate dolasetron mesilate monohydrate Minor spelling changes
Doxazosin mesylate doxazosin mesilate Minor spelling changes
Eprosartan mesylate eprosartan mesilate Minor spelling changes
Ethacrynic acid etacrynic acid Minor spelling changes
Ethinyloestradiol ethinylestradiol Minor spelling changes
Ethynodiol diacetate etynodiol diacetate Minor spelling changes
Flumethasone pivalate flumetasone pivalate Minor spelling changes
Flupenthixol decanoate flupentixol decanoate Minor spelling changes
Guaiphenesin guaifenesin Minor spelling changes
Haematoporphyrin hematoporphyrin Minor spelling changes
Haematoporphyrin dihydrochloride hematoporphyrin dihydrochloride Minor spelling changes
Heparinoid heparinoids Minor spelling changes
Hexachlorophane hexachlorophene Minor spelling changes
Hexamidine isethionate hexamidine isetionate Minor spelling changes
Indomethacin indometacin Minor spelling changes
Imatinib mesylate imatinib mesilate Minor spelling changes
Indomethacin sodium indometacin sodium trihydrate Minor spelling changes
Lactobacillus kefir Lactobacillus kefiri Minor spelling changes
Lapatinib ditosylate monohydrate lapatinib ditosilate monohydrate Minor spelling changes
Oestradiol estradiol Minor spelling changes
Oestradiol hemihydrate estradiol hemihydrate Minor spelling changes
Oestradiol valerate estradiol valerate Minor spelling changes
Oestrogens - conjugated conjugated estrogens Minor spelling changes
Oestriol estriol Minor spelling changes
Pentamidine isethionate pentamidine isetionate Minor spelling changes
Pericyazine periciazine Minor spelling changes
Phytic acid fytic acid Minor spelling changes
Prochlorperazine mesylate prochlorperazine mesilate Minor spelling changes
Retinyl acetate retinol acetate Minor spelling changes
Retinyl palmitate retinol palmitate Minor spelling changes
Saquinavir mesylate saquinavir mesilate Minor spelling changes
Sorafenib tosylate sorafenib tosilate Minor spelling changes
Testosterone enanthate testosterone enantate Minor spelling changes
Thioguanine tioguanine Minor spelling changes
Alum alum dodecahydrate Hydration change only
Aluminium hydroxide aluminium hydroxide hydrate Hydration change only
Aluminium hydroxide - dried aluminium hydroxide Hydration change only
Aluminium nitrate aluminium nitrate nonahydrate Hydration change only
Aluminium sulfate aluminium sulfate hydrate Hydration change only
Amiloride hydrochloride amiloride hydrochloride dihydrate Hydration change only
Antimony potassium tartrate antimony potassium tartrate trihydrate Hydration change only
Apomorphine hydrochloride apomorphine hydrochloride hemihydrate Hydration change only
Atropine sulfate atropine sulfate monohydrate Hydration change only
Bupivacaine hydrochloride bupivacaine hydrochloride monohydrate Hydration change only
Bupivacaine hydrochloride anhydrous bupivacaine hydrochloride Hydration change only
Calcium chloride calcium chloride dihydrate Hydration change only
Calcium citrate hydrate calcium citrate tetrahydrate Hydration change only
Calcium gluconate calcium gluconate monohydrate Hydration change only
Calcium hydrogen phosphate calcium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate Hydration change only
Calcium hydrogen phosphate anhydrous calcium hydrogen phosphate Hydration change only
Calcium lactate anhydrous calcium lactate Hydration change only
Carbidopa carbidopa monohydrate Hydration change only
Carbidopa anhydrous carbidopa Hydration change only
Citric acid - anhydrous citric acid Hydration change only
Chromic chloride chromic chloride hexahydrate Hydration change only
Codeine phosphate codeine phosphate hemihydrate Hydration change only
Cupric sulfate anhydrous cupric sulfate Hydration change only
Cyclophosphamide cyclophosphamide monohydrate Hydration change only
Cyproheptadine hydrochloride cyproheptadine hydrochloride sesquihydrate Hydration change only
Dantrolene sodium dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate Hydration change only
Dextromethorphan hydrobromide dextromethorphan hydrobromide monohydrate Hydration change only
Ethylmorphine hydrochloride ethylmorphine hydrochloride dihydrate Hydration change only
Ferrous lactate ferrous lactate trihydrate Hydration change only
Ferrous phosphate ferrous phosphate octahydrate Hydration change only
Ferrous sulfate ferrous sulfate heptahydrate Hydration change only
Ferrous sulfate - dried ferrous sulfate Hydration change only
Flucloxacillin sodium flucloxacillin sodium monohydrate Hydration change only
Flurbiprofen sodium flurbiprofen sodium dihydrate Hydration change only
Fusidic acid fusidic acid hemihydrate Hydration change only
Glucose glucose monohydrate Hydration change only
Glucose - anhydrous glucose Hydration change only
Hyoscyamine sulfate hyoscyamine sulfate dihydrate Hydration change only
Ipratropium bromide ipratropium bromide monohydrate Hydration change only
Ipratropium bromide anhydrous ipratropium bromide Hydration change only
Irinotecan hydrochloride irinotecan hydrochloride trihydrate Hydration change only
Lincomycin hydrochloride lincomycin hydrochloride monohydrate Hydration change only
Magnesium acetate magnesium acetate tetrahydrate Hydration change only
Magnesium aspartate magnesium aspartate tetrahydrate Hydration change only
Magnesium aspartate anhydrous magnesium aspartate Hydration change only
Magnesium carbonate magnesium carbonate hydrate Hydration change only
Magnesium carbonate - heavy magnesium carbonate hydrate Hydration change only
Magnesium carbonate - light magnesium carbonate hydrate Hydration change only
Magnesium chloride magnesium chloride hexahydrate Hydration change only
Magnesium lactate magnesium lactate dihydrate Hydration change only
Magnesium phosphate magnesium phosphate pentahydrate Hydration change only
Magnesium phosphate - tribasic anhydrous magnesium phosphate tribasic Hydration change only
Magnesium sulfate magnesium sulfate heptahydrate Hydration change only
Manganese chloride manganese chloride tetrahydrate Hydration change only
Manganese sulfate manganese sulfate tetrahydrate Hydration change only
Methyldopa methyldopa sesquihydrate Hydration change only
Methyldopa anhydrous methyldopa Hydration change only
Metoclopramide hydrochloride metoclopramide hydrochloride monohydrate Hydration change only
Metoclopramide hydrochloride anhydrous metoclopramide hydrochloride Hydration change only
Mercaptopurine mercaptopurine monohydrate Hydration change only
Minocycline hydrochloride minocycline hydrochloride dihydrate Hydration change only
Morphine hydrochloride morphine hydrochloride trihydrate Hydration change only
Morphine sulfate morphine sulfate pentahydrate Hydration change only
Naloxone hydrochloride naloxone hydrochloride dihydrate Hydration change only
Naloxone hydrochloride anhydrous naloxone hydrochloride Hydration change only
Quinine bisulfate quinine bisulfate heptahydrate Hydration change only
Quinine sulfate quinine sulfate dihydrate Hydration change only
Sodium carbonate anhydrous sodium carbonate Hydration change only
Sodium citrate anhydrous sodium citrate Hydration change only
sodium phosphate - dibasic dibasic sodium phosphate heptahydrate Hydration change only
Sodium phosphate - dibasic anhydrous dibasic sodium phosphate Hydration change only
Sodium sulfate sodium sulfate decahydrate Hydration change only
Sodium sulfate anhydrous sodium sulfate Hydration change only
Sodium thiosulfate sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate Hydration change only
Bee honey bee Other minor changes
Bee venom honey bee venom Other minor changes
Cyanocobalamin(57Co) cyanocobalamin (57Co) Other minor changes
Dimeglumine gadobenate gadobenate dimeglumine Other minor changes
Dimeglumine gadopentetate gadopentetate dimeglumine Other minor changes
Disodium etidronate etidronate disodium Other minor changes
Disodium pamidronate pamidronate disodium Other minor changes
Gallium(67Ga) citrate gallium (67Ga) citrate Other minor changes
Glucosamine sulfate-potassium chloride complex glucosamine sulfate potassium chloride Other minor changes
Glucosamine sulfate-sodium chloride complex glucosamine sulfate sodium chloride Other minor changes
Indium(111In) chloride indium (111In) chloride Other minor changes
Indium(111In) hydroxyquinoline indium (111In) hydroxyquinoline Other minor changes
Indium(111In) pentetate indium (111In) pentetate Other minor changes
Iobenguane(123I) sulfate iobenguane (123I) sulfate Other minor changes
Manganese aspartate manganese diaspartate Other minor changes
Meglumine iothalamate iotalamate meglumine Other minor changes
Meglumine iotroxate iotroxate meglumine Other minor changes
Meglumine ioxaglate ioxaglate meglumine Other minor changes
meta-Cresol metacresol Other minor changes
Mussel - green lipped green lipped mussel Other minor changes
Paraffin - soft white white soft paraffin Other minor changes
Pramipexole hydrochloride pramipexole dihydrochloride Other minor changes
Pramipexole hydrochloride monohydrate pramipexole dihydrochloride monohydrate Other minor changes
R,S-alpha Lipoic acid alpha lipoic acid Other minor changes
Samarium samarium (153Sm) Other minor changes
sodium phosphate - monobasic monobasic sodium phosphate Other minor changes

Excipient ingredient changes

Old name New name
2-hydroxymethylfuran furfuryl alcohol
3-phenyl propyl alcohol phenylpropanol
6-acetyl-1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyl tetrahydronaphthalene 7-acetyl-1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyl tetrahydronaphthalene
8-hydroxyquinoline oxyquinoline
Alizarin cyanine green F acid green 25
Allylamyl glycollate allyl amyl glycolate
Aluminium oxide anhydrous aluminium oxide
Benzodihydropyrone dihydrocoumarin
C12-15 alkyl benzoate alkyl (C12-15) benzoate
Calcium sulfate calcium sulfate dihydrate
Calcium sulfate anhydrous calcium sulfate
Caldiamide sodium caldiamide sodium hydrate
Caprylic/capric triglyceride medium chain triglycerides
Cellacephate cellacefate
Cetyl dimethicone cetyl dimeticone
cis-3-Hexenyl caproate cis-3-hexenyl hexanoate
Coco-caprylate/caprate coco-octanoate/decanoate
DEA-C8-18 perfluoroalkylethyl phosphate diolamine C8-18 perfluoroalkylethyl phosphate
DEA-cetyl phosphate diolamine cetyl phosphate
Decan-1-ol decyl alcohol
Diazolidinylurea diazolidinyl urea
Diethyl toluamide diethyltoluamide
Di-isopropanolamine diisopropanolamine
Dimethicone 10 dimeticone 10
Dimethicone 100 dimeticone 100
Dimethicone 1000 dimeticone 1000
Dimethicone 1510 dimeticone 1510
Dimethicone 20 dimeticone 20
Dimethicone 200 dimeticone 200
Dimethicone 30 dimeticone 30
Dimethicone 450 dimeticone 450
Dimethicone 5 dimeticone 5
Dimethicone 50 dimeticone 50
Dimethicone copolyol dimeticone copolyol
Dimethiconol dimeticonol
Dimethiconol stearate dimeticonol stearate
Di-N propyl isocinchomeronate di-n-propyl isocinchomeronate
Diphenyl ether diphenyl oxide
dl-alpha tocopherol phosphate disodium dl-alpha-tocopheryl phosphate disodium
DMDM Hydantoin dimethylol dimethyl hydantoin
Edetate dipotassium edetate dipotassium dihydrate
Eosine acid red 87
Ethanolamine monoethanolamine
Ether - solvent ether
Ethyl oenantate ethyl enantate
Ethyl oenanthate ethyl enantate
Ethylene glycol monostearate ethylene glycol monopalmitostearate
Ethylene/VA copolymer ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer
Ferric chloride anhydrous ferric chloride
Ferric nitrate ferric nitrate nonahydrate
Glycerol triacetate triacetin
Glyceryl mono-oleate glyceryl monooleate
Glycol stearate ethylene glycol monopalmitostearate
Glycollic acid glycolic acid
Glycyrrhetinic acid enoxolone
Hercolyn methyl hydrogenated rosinate
Hydroxyethylcellulose hyetellose
Hydroxyethylmethylcellulose hymetellose
Hydroxypropyl beta cyclodextrin hydroxypropylbetadex
Hydroxypropylcellulose hyprolose
Isoascorbic acid erythorbic acid
iso-Cyclocitral isocyclocitral
Isopropyl adipate diisopropyl adipate
Isopropyl hydroxybenzoate isopropyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
Lactose lactose monohydrate
Lactose anhydrous lactose
Lauryl diethanolamide lauramide DEA
Laurylmethicone copolyol laurylmeticone copolyol
Lime calcium oxide
Meglumine pentetate pentetate meglumine
Menthyl acetate l-menthyl acetate
Methyl sulfide dimethyl sulfide
Monosodium glutamate monosodium glutamate monohydrate
Neopentyl glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate neopentyl glycol dioctanoate/didecanoate
Paraffin - soft yellow yellow soft paraffin
Pentaerythrityl tetraoctanoate pentaerythrityl tetralaurate
Polystyrene sulfonate polystyrene sulfonate hydrogen
polystyrene sulfonate - hydrogen polystyrene sulfonate hydrogen
Potassium acid tartrate potassium hydrogen tartrate
Propylene glycol dicaprate propylene glycol didecanoate
Propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate propylene glycol dioctanoate/didecanoate
PVP/VA Copolymer copovidone
Sodium calciumedetate sodium calcium edetate
Sodium citrate sodium citrate dihydrate
Sodium phosphate - monobasic anhydrous monobasic sodium phosphate
Sodium stearyl 2-lactylate sodium stearoyl lactylate
Sodium sulfite anhydrous sodium sulfite
TEA-lauryl sulfate trolamine lauril sulfate
Triethanolamine trolamine

Version history

Version Description of change Author Effective date
V1.0 Original publication Medicines Regulation Division 23/11/2015
V1.1 Added two changes: diatrizoate meglumine to amidotrizoate meglumine and thyroxine sodium to levothyroxine sodium Medicines Regulation Division 28/11/2016
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