treatment for a rare or metabolic disease
Sapropterin
Treats certain forms of phenylketonuria. This molecule appears in 111 of the medicines we have indexed.
Do you need a supplement? No.
No supplement is warranted with this treatment. A varied diet remains the foundation.
Do you also take another treatment?
By the Layer Nutrition editorial teamHow the atlas classifies the 664 molecules
- Class
- treatment for a rare or metabolic disease
- Indexed medicines
- 111
- Our answer
- Nothing to add
- Updated
- October 2026
What this medicine is for
Pharmacologically, this molecule belongs to the “treatment for a rare or metabolic disease” category. This medicine is aimed at a specific rare or metabolic disease, in a specialized setting.
In practice: Treats certain forms of phenylketonuria. It is part of specialised, closely monitored care.
The name on your box may be here.
These names come from the public registers of 32 countries: the ANSM for France, the AEMPS for Spain, the AIFA for Italy, the HPRA for Ireland, Swissmedic for Switzerland, and the European Medicines Agency for the others.
Most widespread
- ARPETRAN
- САПРОПТЕРИН ТЕВА
- KUVAN
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France4
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERINE ARROW
- SAPROPTERINE DIPHARMA
- SAPROPTERINE TEVA
Germany10
- ARPETRAN
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN AL
- SAPROPTERIN AMAROX
- SAPROPTERIN BETA
- SAPROPTERIN HEXAL
- SAPROPTERIN PUREN
- SAPROPTERIN RATIOPHARM
- SAPROPTERIN STADA
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Spain7
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERINA AUROVITAS
- SAPROPTERINA DIPHARMA
- SAPROPTERINA ELC
- SAPROPTERINA STADA
- SAPROPTERINA TARBIS
- SAPROPTERINA TEVA
Italy4
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERINA AUROBINDO
- SAPROPTERINA DIPHARMA
- SAPROPTERINA PIAM FARMACEUTICI
United Kingdom7
- SAPROPTERIN DIHYDROCHLORIDE
- SAPROPTERIN DIHYDROCHLORIDE AMAROX
- SAPROPTERIN DIHYDROCHLORIDE ASPIRE PHARMA
- SAPROPTERIN DIHYDROCHLORIDE DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES
- SAPROPTERIN DIHYDROCHLORIDE MILPHARM
- SAPROPTERIN DIHYDROCHLORIDE STADA
- SAPROPTERIN DIHYDROCHLORIDE TEVA UK
Ireland2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Switzerland4
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
- SAPROPTERIN NOBEL
- SAPROPTERIN SPIRIG HC
Austria2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Belgium2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Bulgaria3
- САПРОПТЕРИН ТЕВА
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Cyprus2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Croatia2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Denmark6
- ARPETRAN
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN SANDOZ
- SAPROPTERIN STADA
- SAPROPTERIN STADA AG
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Estonia2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Finland2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Greece2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Hungary2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Iceland4
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
- SAPROPTERIN STADA
- SAPROPTERIN STADA ARZNEIMITTEL AG
Latvia2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Liechtenstein2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Lithuania2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Luxembourg2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Malta3
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERINA GENERIS
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Norway5
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
- SAPROPTERIN SANDOZ
- SAPROPTERIN STADA
- SAPROPTERIN TEVA
Netherlands8
- ARPETRAN
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN AUROBINDO
- SAPROPTERINE
- SAPROPTERINE AMAROX
- SAPROPTERINE SANDOZ
- SAPROPTERINE TEVA
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Poland2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Portugal5
- ARPETRAN
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERINA GENERIS
- SAPROPTERINA TEVA
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Romania2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Slovakia2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Slovenia2
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Sweden4
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN STADA
- SAPROPTERIN TEVA
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
Czechia3
- KUVAN
- SAPROPTERIN PIAM FARMACEUTICI
- SAPROPTERIN DIPHARMA
One answer out of three.
The atlas gives each molecule one of these three answers. Most call for nothing.
- Our formula31 molecules
- An active ingredient to consider59 molecules
- Nothing to add574 moleculesincluding this one
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