Patient info

A16AX04 nitisinone

ATC group of level 5 – chemical substance · in plain English: medicines for rare metabolic diseases

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 16 medicines in this group.

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

Place in the ATC classification

  1. A Alimentary tract and metabolism drugs 1,624 medicines
    1. A16 Other alimentary tract and metabolism products 95 medicines
      1. A16A Other alimentary tract and metabolism products 95 medicines
        1. A16AX Various alimentary tract and metabolism products 50 medicines
          1. A16AX04 nitisinone 16 medicines

Medicines

MedicineLegal category
Nitisinone 10 mg hard capsules Prescription only (POM)
Nitisinone 2 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Nitisinone 5 mg hard capsules Prescription only (POM)
Nitisinone Dipharma 10 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Nitisinone Dipharma 2 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Nitisinone Dipharma 20 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Nitisinone Dipharma 5 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Nitisinone MDK (previously Nitisinone MendeliKABS) SPC –
Nitisinone MDK 10 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Nitisinone MDK 2 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Nityr 10 mg tablets SPC –
Orfadin 10 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Orfadin 2 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Orfadin 20 mg hard capsules SPC Prescription only (POM)
Orfadin 4 mg / ml oral suspension SPC Prescription only (POM)
Orfadin 5 mg hard capsules 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 A16AX04

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