A10BF Alpha glucosidase inhibitors, blood glucose lowering
ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines for diabetes other than insulin
This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 2 medicines in this group and its subgroups.
- 2 no longer supplied or not available
Active substance: Acarbose – all medicines with this substance, also in combinations.
Place in the ATC classification
- A Alimentary tract and metabolism drugs 1,624 medicines
- A10 Drugs used in diabetes 589 medicines
- A10B Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins 472 medicines
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A10BF Alpha glucosidase inhibitors, blood glucose lowering 2 medicines
- A10BF01 acarbose 2 medicines
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A10BF Alpha glucosidase inhibitors, blood glucose lowering 2 medicines
- A10B Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins 472 medicines
- A10 Drugs used in diabetes 589 medicines
2 more subgroups have no medicine with a leaflet on this site.
Medicines in the group and its subgroups
| Medicine | Legal category |
|---|---|
| Acarbose 100 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (A10BF01 acarbose) | – |
| Acarbose 50 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (A10BF01 acarbose) | – |
Other groups of the same level
- A10BA Biguanide blood glucose lower drugs 112 medicines
- A10BB Sulfonylureas for blood glucose lowering 54 medicines
- A10BD Combinations of oral blood glucose lowering drugs 89 medicines
- A10BG Thiazolidinediones, blood glucose lowering drugs 39 medicines
- A10BH Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors for blood glucose lowering 83 medicines
- A10BJ Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues 47 medicines
- A10BK Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors 21 medicines
- A10BX Other blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins 25 medicines
Other names of the ATC group
- Czech: A10BF Inhibitory alfaglukosidázy
- French: A10BF inhibiteurs de l'alpha glucosidase
- German: A10BF Alpha-Glukosidasehemmer
- Spanish: A10BF INHIBIDORES ALFA-GLUCOSIDASA (ANTIDIABETICOS ORALES)
- German: A10BF Alpha-Glukosidasehemmer
- Italian: A10BF Inibitori dell'alfa-glucosidasi
- Polish: A10BF Inhibitory alfa-glukozydazy
- Turkish: A10BF Alfa glukozidaz inhibitörleri, kan şekerini düşürücü
- Portuguese (Brazil): A10BF Inibidores da glucosidase-alfa
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 A10BF
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