Patient info

C02AB Methyldopa, centrally acting adntiadrenergic agents

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines for high blood pressure

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

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

Place in the ATC classification

  1. C Cardiovascular system drugs 1,712 medicines
    1. C02 Antihypertensives 133 medicines
      1. C02A Antiadrenergic agents, centrally acting 48 medicines
        1. C02AB Methyldopa, centrally acting adntiadrenergic agents 16 medicines
          1. C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory) 16 medicines

1 more subgroup has no medicine with a leaflet on this site.

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Aldomet tablets 250 mg SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Aldomet tablets 500 mg (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa 125 mg tablets SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa 250 mg tablets SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa 250 mg tablets BP SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa 250 mg tablets, Medomet 250 mg tablets SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa 500 mg film-coated tablets, Aldomet 500 mg film-coated tablets (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa 500 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) –
Methyldopa 500 mg tablets BP SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa 500 mg tablets, Medomet 500 mg tablets SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa tablets 125 mg SPC no longer supplied (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) –
Methyldopa tablets 250 mg SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa tablets 500 mg SPC no longer supplied (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) –
Methyldopa tablets BP 125 mg SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa tablets BP 250 mg SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) Prescription only (POM)
Methyldopa tablets BP 500 mg SPC (C02AB01 methyldopa (levorotatory)) 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 C02AB

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist which medicine is right for you.