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B01AA Vitamin K antagonists

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: blood thinners, medicines against blood clots

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 13 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

How to read ATC codes – what the levels mean and what a code does not tell you.

  1. B Blood and blood forming organ drugs 1,013 medicines
    1. B01 Antithrombotic agents 447 medicines
      1. B01A Antithrombotic agents 445 medicines
        1. B01AA Vitamin K antagonists 13 medicines
          1. B01AA02 phenindione 3 medicines
          2. B01AA03 warfarin 8 medicines
          3. B01AA07 acenocoumarol 2 medicines

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

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Dindevan 10 mg tablets, Phenindione tablets 10 mg SPC (B01AA02 phenindione) Prescription only (POM)
Dindevan 25 mg tablets, Phenindione tablets 25 mg SPC (B01AA02 phenindione) Prescription only (POM)
Phenindione tablets 50 mg, Dindevan 50 mg tablets not available (B01AA02 phenindione) –
Sinthrome 1 mg tablets (B01AA07 acenocoumarol) Prescription only (POM)
Sinthrome tablets 1 mg SPC (B01AA07 acenocoumarol) Prescription only (POM)
Warfarin 0.5 mg tablets SPC (B01AA03 warfarin) Prescription only (POM)
Warfarin 0.5 mg tablets, Marevan 0.5 mg tablets (B01AA03 warfarin) Prescription only (POM)
Warfarin 1 mg tablets SPC (B01AA03 warfarin) Prescription only (POM)
Warfarin 3 mg tablets SPC (B01AA03 warfarin) Prescription only (POM)
Warfarin 5 mg tablets SPC (B01AA03 warfarin) Prescription only (POM)
Warfarin Sodium 1 mg/1 ml oral suspension SPC (B01AA03 warfarin) Prescription only (POM)
Warfarin tablets 1 mg SPC (B01AA03 warfarin) Prescription only (POM)
Warfarin tablets 3 mg SPC (B01AA03 warfarin) 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 B01AA

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