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C01EA01 alprostadil

ATC group of level 5 – chemical substance · in plain English: heart medicines

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 2 medicines in this group.

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

Place in the ATC classification

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

  1. C Cardiovascular system drugs 1,712 medicines
    1. C01 Cardiac therapy drugs 288 medicines
      1. C01E Other cardiac preparations 87 medicines
        1. C01EA Prostaglandin cardiac therapy preparations 2 medicines
          1. C01EA01 alprostadil 2 medicines

Medicines

MedicineLegal category
Neupedix 500 micrograms/ml concentrate for solution for infusion SPC Prescription only (POM)
Prostin VR Sterile solution SPC –

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 C01EA01

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