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C03B Low-ceiling diuretics, excl. thiazides

ATC group of level 3 – pharmacological subgroup · in plain English: water tablets (diuretics)

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 27 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. C Cardiovascular system drugs 1,723 medicines
    1. C03 Diuretics 178 medicines
      1. C03B Low-ceiling diuretics, excl. thiazides 27 medicines
        1. C03BA Sulfonamides, low-ceiling diuretics, plain 27 medicines

5 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
Aprodip 1.5 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) –
Cardide SR 1.5 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Chlortalidone 12.5 mg tablets SPC (C03BA04 chlortalidone) Prescription only (POM)
Chlortalidone 25 mg tablets SPC (C03BA04 chlortalidone) –
Chlortalidone 50 mg tablets SPC (C03BA04 chlortalidone) Prescription only (POM)
Chlortalidone 50 mg tablets, Hylaton 50 mg tablets (C03BA04 chlortalidone) Prescription only (POM)
Diurelix XL 1.5 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) –
Diurexan tablets 20 mg (C03BA10 xipamide) Prescription only (POM)
Hygroton 50 mg tablets, Chlortalidone 50 mg tablets no longer supplied (C03BA04 chlortalidone) –
Hylaton 12.5 mg tablets, Chlortalidone 12.5 mg tablets SPC (C03BA04 chlortalidone) Prescription only (POM)
Hylaton 25 mg tablets, Chlortalidone 25 mg tablets SPC (C03BA04 chlortalidone) –
Indapamide 2.5 mg coated tablets BP SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Indapamide 2.5 mg tablets SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Indapamide Hemihydrate 2.5 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (C03BA11 indapamide) –
Indapamide Hemihydrate 2.5 mg tablets, Natramid/opumide SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Indapamide tablets 2.5 mg SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Indapamide tablets 2.5 mg, Natrilix 2.5 mg tablets SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Indapres XL 1.5 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) –
INDIPAM XL 1.5MG PROLONGED-RELEASE TABLETS no longer supplied (C03BA11 indapamide) –
Lorvacs XL 1.5 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Meturix 5 mg tablets SPC (C03BA08 metolazone) –
Natrilix SR 1.5 mg prolonged-release tablets (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Natrilix SR 1.5 mg Sustained release coated tablets SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Natrilix SR 1.5 mg tablets (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Rawel XL prolonged-release tablets 1.5 mg SPC (C03BA11 indapamide) Prescription only (POM)
Tensaid XL 1.5 mg prolonged-release film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (C03BA11 indapamide) –
Xaqua 5 mg tablets (C03BA08 metolazone) 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 C03B

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