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A02BX13 alginic acid

ATC group of level 5 – chemical substance · in plain English: medicines for heartburn, acid reflux and stomach ulcers

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 17 medicines in this group.

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. A02B Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 174 medicines
        1. A02BX Other drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 20 medicines
          1. A02BX13 alginic acid 17 medicines

Active substances in the group

Medicines

MedicineLegal category
Acidex Advance oral suspension (Aniseed Flavour) SPC General sale (GSL)
Acidex Advance oral suspension (Peppermint Flavour) SPC General sale (GSL)
Acidex oral suspension, Tesco Heartburn & Indigestion Relief, Lloydspharmacy Heartburn and Indigestion liquid Peppermint Flavoured, Well Pharmaceuticals Heartburn & Indigestion Peppermint Flavour oral suspension, Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension General sale (GSL)
Gaviscon Advance Mint chewable tablets SPC General sale (GSL)
Gaviscon Cool tablets, Gavison Cool Mint tablets SPC no longer supplied –
Gaviscon Infant SPC –
Gaviscon Original Aniseed Relief SPC General sale (GSL)
Gaviscon Peppermint Flavour tablets SPC General sale (GSL)
Gaviscon Peppermint liquid Relief SPC General sale (GSL)
Gaviscon Strawberry Flavour tablets SPC no longer supplied –
Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension Peppermint Flavour (Teva), Peptac Peppermint liquid, Well Pharmaceuticals Heartburn & Indigestion Peppermint Flavour oral suspension, Boots Heartburn Relief Peppermint Flavour, Rennie liquid Heartburn Relief oral SPC General sale (GSL)
Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension Peppermint Flavour (Teva), Tesco Heartburn & Indigestion Relief, Rennie liquid Heartburn Relief oral suspension, Boots Heartburn Relief Peppermint Flavour, Peptac Peppermint liquid, Well Pharmaceuticals Heartburn SPC General sale (GSL)
Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension Peppermint Flavour (Teva), Well Pharmaceuticals Heartburn & Indigestion Peppermint Flavour oral suspension, Boots Heartburn Relief Peppermint Flavour, Lloydspharmacy Heartburn and Indigestion liquid Peppermint Fla SPC General sale (GSL)
Lloydspharmacy Heartburn and Indigestion liquid Peppermint Flavoured, Healthpoint Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension, Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension Peppermint Flavour (Teva), Acidex oral suspension, Rennie liquid Heartburn Relief oral s SPC General sale (GSL)
Superdrug Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension, Wilko Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension, Essential Waitrose Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension, Tesco Health Heartburn & Indigestion oral suspension, Peptac liquid Heartburn and Indigesti General sale (GSL)
Tesco Heartburn & Indigestion Relief, Healthpoint Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension, Rennie liquid Heartburn Relief oral suspension, Lloydspharmacy Heartburn and Indigestion liquid Peppermint Flavoured, Peptac Peppermint liquid, Boots Heartburn Re SPC General sale (GSL)
Well Pharmaceuticals Heartburn & Indigestion Peppermint Flavour oral suspension, Heartburn and Indigestion oral suspension Peppermint Flavour (Teva), Boots Heartburn Relief Peppermint Flavour, Tesco Heartburn & Indigestion Relief, Peptac Peppermint liquid SPC General sale (GSL)

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 A02BX13

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