C Cardiovascular system drugs
ATC group of level 1 – anatomical main group
This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 1,712 medicines in this group and its subgroups.
- 44 without a prescription (P or GSL)
- 1,156 prescription only (POM)
- 2 with or without a prescription, by the pack
- 287 no longer supplied or not available
Place in the ATC classification
How to read ATC codes – what the levels mean and what a code does not tell you.
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C Cardiovascular system drugs 1,712 medicines
- C01 Cardiac therapy drugs 288 medicines
- C02 Antihypertensives 133 medicines
- C03 Diuretics 174 medicines
- C04 Peripheral vasodilators 10 medicines
- C05 Vasoprotectives 38 medicines
- C07 Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agents 177 medicines
- C08 Calcium channel blockers 192 medicines
- C09 Agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system 492 medicines
- C10 Lipid modifying agents 208 medicines
The most common active substances in the group
- Adrenaline 10 medicines
- Aliskiren 11 medicines
- Ambrisentan 16 medicines
- Amiloride hydrochloride 24 medicines
- Amiodarone 17 medicines
- Amlodipine 68 medicines
- Atenolol 38 medicines
- Atorvastatin 31 medicines
- Bendroflumethiazide 10 medicines
- Bezafibrate 10 medicines
- Bismuth oxide 9 medicines
- Bisoprolol 40 medicines
- Bosentan 13 medicines
- Candesartan 29 medicines
- Captopril 13 medicines
- Carvedilol 8 medicines
- Chlortalidone 18 medicines
- Digoxin 16 medicines
- Diltiazem 54 medicines
- Doxazosin 24 medicines
- Enalapril 31 medicines
- Eplerenone 11 medicines
- Eprosartan 8 medicines
- Ezetimibe 14 medicines
- Felodipine 26 medicines
- Fenofibrate micronised 10 medicines
- Fluvastatin 10 medicines
- Furosemide 40 medicines
- Glyceryl trinitrate 24 medicines
- Guanfacine 12 medicines
- Hydrochlorothiazide 168 medicines
- Indapamide 20 medicines
- Irbesartan 76 medicines
- Isosorbide mononitrate 36 medicines
- Ivabradine 31 medicines
- Labetalol 10 medicines
- Lacidipine 11 medicines
- Lercanidipine 17 medicines
- Lisinopril 23 medicines
- Losartan 36 medicines
- Methyldopa 16 medicines
- Metoprolol 10 medicines
- Midodrine 9 medicines
- Minoxidil 8 medicines
- Moxonidine 14 medicines
- Nifedipine 35 medicines
- Olmesartan 51 medicines
- Perindopril arginine 10 medicines
- Propranolol 35 medicines
- Ramipril 28 medicines
- Ranolazine 44 medicines
- Rosuvastatin 58 medicines
- Sacubitril 11 medicines
- Simvastatin 28 medicines
- Spironolactone 18 medicines
- Telmisartan 56 medicines
- Tolvaptan 32 medicines
- Valsartan 66 medicines
- Verapamil 26 medicines
- Zinc oxide 13 medicines
… and 111 more substances in fewer medicines.
Medicines in the group and its subgroups
Other groups of the same level
- A Alimentary tract and metabolism drugs 1,624 medicines
- B Blood and blood forming organ drugs 1,013 medicines
- D Dermatologicals 412 medicines
- G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 815 medicines
- H Systemic hormonal preparations, excl. sex hormones and insulins 442 medicines
- J Antiinfectives for systemic use 1,393 medicines
- L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents 1,791 medicines
- M Musculo-skeletal system drugs 701 medicines
- N Nervous system drugs 4,479 medicines
- P Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents 82 medicines
- R Respiratory system drugs 803 medicines
- S Sensory organ drugs 363 medicines
- V Various drug classes 338 medicines
Other names of the ATC group
- Czech: C Kardiovaskulární systém
- French: C système cardiovasculaire
- German: C Kardiovaskuläres System
- Spanish: C Aparato cardiovascular
- German: C Kardiovaskuläres System
- Italian: C SISTEMA CARDIOVASCOLARE
- Polish: C Układu sercowo-naczyniowego
- Turkish: C KARDİYOVASKÜLER SİSTEM İLAÇLARI
- Slovak: C Kardiovaskulárny systém
- German (Switzerland): C Kardiovaskuläres System
- French (Switzerland): C Système cardiovasculaire
- Italian (Switzerland): C Sistema cardiovascolare
- Dutch: C Middelen voor hart en bloedvaten
- English (Canada): C Cardiovascular system drugs
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 C
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