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A02AC Antacids containing calcium compounds

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines for heartburn, indigestion and stomach ulcers

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 8 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Active substance: Calcium carbonate – all medicines with this substance, also in combinations.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. A Alimentary tract and metabolism drugs 1,624 medicines
    1. A02 Drugs for acid related disorders 199 medicines
      1. A02A Antacids 25 medicines
        1. A02AC Antacids containing calcium compounds 8 medicines
          1. A02AC01 calcium carbonate 8 medicines

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

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Boots Indigestion Relief tablets Peppermint, Tesco Health Heartburn & Indigestion Relief Peppermint Flavour 500 mg tablets, Indigestion Relief tablets, Superdrug Original Indigestion Relief tablets, Numark Peppermint Antacid 500 mg tablets, Paramed Indige (A02AC01 calcium carbonate) General sale (GSL)
Calcium Carbonate 500 mg chewable tablets SPC (A02AC01 calcium carbonate) General sale (GSL)
Remegel SPC no longer supplied (A02AC01 calcium carbonate) –
Rennie gum 750 mg medicated Chewing gum (A02AC01 calcium carbonate) General sale (GSL)
Rennie soft Chews 800 mg chewable tablets SPC no longer supplied (A02AC01 calcium carbonate) –
Setlers Antacid chewable tablets Peppermint Flavour SPC (A02AC01 calcium carbonate) General sale (GSL)
Setlers Antacid chewable tablets Spearmint Flavour SPC (A02AC01 calcium carbonate) General sale (GSL)
Tesco Health Heartburn & Indigestion Relief Orange Flavour 500 mg tablets, Sainsburys Healthcare Orange Flavoured Antacid 500 mg tablets, Superdrug Orange Flavoured Indigestion Relief 500 mg tablets, Boots Indigestion Relief 500 mg tablets, Morrisons Oran SPC (A02AC01 calcium carbonate) –

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 A02AC

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