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A01AB Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines for the mouth and teeth

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 12 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. A Alimentary tract and metabolism drugs 1,624 medicines
    1. A01 Stomatological preparations 38 medicines
      1. A01A Stomatological preparations 38 medicines
        1. A01AB Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment 12 medicines
          1. A01AB02 hydrogen peroxide 1 medicine
          2. A01AB03 chlorhexidine 7 medicines
          3. A01AB09 miconazole 2 medicines
          4. A01AB12 hexetidine 1 medicine
          5. A01AB23 minocycline 1 medicine

16 more subgroups have no medicine with a leaflet on this site.

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Chlorhexidine Digluconate 0.2% w/v mouthwash SPC (A01AB03 chlorhexidine) –
Chlorhexidine Gluconate Mouthspray SPC (A01AB03 chlorhexidine) –
Colgate Periogard 0.2% Antiseptic mouthwash SPC (A01AB03 chlorhexidine) –
Corsodyl 0.2% mouthwash SPC (A01AB03 chlorhexidine) –
Corsodyl 1% w/w Dental gel SPC (A01AB03 chlorhexidine) Pharmacy medicine (P)
Corsodyl Mint Flavour 0.2%w/v mouthwash SPC (A01AB03 chlorhexidine) –
Daktarin sugar free 2% oral gel SPC (A01AB09 miconazole) –
Dentomycin 2%w/w Periodontal gel SPC (A01AB23 minocycline) Prescription only (POM)
Loramyc 50 mg Muco-adhesive buccal tablets SPC no longer supplied (A01AB09 miconazole) –
Oraldene SPC (A01AB12 hexetidine) General sale (GSL)
Paroex 1.2 mg / ml mouthwash SPC (A01AB03 chlorhexidine) –
Peroxyl mouthwash SPC (A01AB02 hydrogen peroxide) –

Other groups of the same level

Other names of the ATC group

Sources

  • Patient leaflets and SPCs: the MHRA product information (products.mhra.gov.uk) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
  • Active substances, ATC codes and legal categories: the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d), NHS Business Services Authority
  • World Health Organization (WHO): ATC/DDD classification, group A01AB

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