Patient info

A07EC02 mesalazine

ATC group of level 5 – chemical substance · in plain English: medicines for inflammation of the bowel, e.g. Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 37 medicines in this group.

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

Place in the ATC classification

  1. A Alimentary tract and metabolism drugs 1,624 medicines
    1. A07 Antidiarrheals, intestinal antiinflammatory/antiinfective agents 141 medicines
      1. A07E Intestinal antiinflammatory agents 76 medicines
        1. A07EC Aminosalicylic acid and similar agents 52 medicines
          1. A07EC02 mesalazine 37 medicines

Medicines

MedicineLegal category
Asacol 400 mg MR tablets SPC no longer supplied –
Asacol 800 mg MR tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Mesalazine 1 g suppositories, Pentasa 1 g suppositories Prescription only (POM)
Mesalazine Tillotts 1 g suppositories SPC Prescription only (POM)
Mesalazine Tillotts 400 mg modified-release tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Mesalazine Tillotts 800 mg modified-release tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Mezavant XL 1200 mg gastro-resistant prolonged-release tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Octasa 1 g suppositories SPC Prescription only (POM)
Octasa 1600 mg modified-release tablets Prescription only (POM)
Octasa 400 mg MR tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Octasa 800 mg MR tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa 1 g Slow release tablets Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa 1 g suppositories Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa 1 g suppositories, Mesalazine 1 g suppositories Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa 500 mg Slow release tablets Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa Mesalazine 1 g enema Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa Mesalazine enema 1 g SPC no longer supplied –
Pentasa prolonged release granules 2 g sachet Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa sachet 1 g prolonged release granules Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa sachet 4 g prolonged-release granules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa sachets 2 g prolonged-release granules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Pentasa suppositories 1 g SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salcrozine 1000 mg gastro-resistant tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salcrozine 500 mg gastro-resistant tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salcrozine 500 mg suppositories SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk 1 g gastro-resistant tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk 1 g suppositories SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk 1 g/actuation rectal foam SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk 1.5 g gastro-resistant prolonged release granules Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk 1000 mg gastro-resistant prolonged-release granules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk 250 mg tablets SPC not available –
Salofalk 3 g gastro-resistant prolonged-release granules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk 500 mg gastro-resistant prolonged-release granules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk 500 mg gastro-resistant tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk 500 mg suppositories SPC Prescription only (POM)
Salofalk enema 2 g SPC Prescription only (POM)
Zyduco XL 1200 mg gastro-resistant prolonged-release tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)

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 A07EC02

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