C03E Diuretics and potassium-sparing agents in combination

Place in the ATC classification

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

C Cardiovascular system drugs 1,723 medicines
1. C03 Diuretics 178 medicines
  1. C03E Diuretics and potassium-sparing agents in combination 26 medicines
    1. C03EA Low-ceiling diuretics and potassium-sparing agents 14 medicines
    2. C03EB High-ceiling diuretics and potassium-sparing agents 12 medicines

Active substances in the group

Amiloride hydrochloride 24 medicines
Bumetanide 1 medicine
Chlortalidone 1 medicine
Furosemide 11 medicines
Hydrochlorothiazide 12 medicines
Triamterene 1 medicine

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

Medicine	Legal category
Bumetanide/amiloride 1 mg/5 mg tablets SPC (C03EB02 bumetanide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Co-amilofruse 10 mg / 80 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Co-amilofruse 10/80 mg tablets SPC not available (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Co-amilofruse 2.5 mg/20 mg tablets SPC (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilofruse 2.5/20 mg tablets SPC (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilofruse 20 mg / 2.5 mg tablets, Frumil LS 20 mg / 2.5 mg tablets (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilofruse 5 mg / 40 mg tablets SPC (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilofruse 5/40 mg tablets SPC (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilofruse tablets 2.5/20 mg SPC (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilofruse tablets 5/40 mg SPC (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilozide 2.5 mg / 25 mg tablets SPC (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilozide 2.5/25 tablets SPC no longer supplied (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Co-amilozide 5 mg / 50 mg tablets SPC (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilozide 5/50 mg tablets SPC (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilozide 5/50 tablets SPC no longer supplied (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Co-amilozide tablets 2.5/25 SPC (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilozide tablets 5/50 (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilozide tablets 5/50 mg SPC (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Co-amilozide tablets BP 5/50 mg SPC (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Frumil 40 mg / 5 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Frusene tablets SPC (C03EB01 furosemide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Moduretic 50 mg / 5 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Synuretic 25, Co-amilozide 2.5/25 mg SPC no longer supplied (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Synuretic 50, Co-amilozide 5/50 mg SPC no longer supplied (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	–
Triamterene/chlortalidone 50 mg / 50 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C03EA06 chlortalidone and potassium-sparing agents)	Prescription only (POM)
Zido-co tablets 5/50, Co-amilozide tablets 5/50 mg SPC (C03EA01 hydrochlorothiazide and potassium-sparing agents)	–

Other groups of the same level

C03A Low-ceiling diuretics, thiazides 11 medicines
C03B Low-ceiling diuretics, excl. thiazides 27 medicines
C03C High-ceiling diuretics 44 medicines
C03D Potassium-sparing diuretics 36 medicines
C03X Other diuretics 33 medicines

Other names of the ATC group

Czech: C03E Diuretika a kalium šetřící diuretika v kombinaci
French: C03E diurétiques et épargneurs potassiques en association
German: C03E Diuretika und Kalium sparende Mittel in Kombination
Spanish: C03E Diureticos ahorradores de potasio con otros diuret
German: C03E Diuretika und Kalium sparende Mittel in Kombination
Italian: C03E Sostanze in associazione
Polish: C03E Połączenie leków moczopędnych i leków moczopędnych oszczędzających potas
Turkish: C03E KOMBİNE OLARAK DİÜRETİK VE POTASYUM TUTUCU MADDELER
Portuguese (Brazil): C03E ASSOCIAÇÃO DE DIURÉTICOS E OUTROS DIURÉTICOS POUPADORES DE POTÁSSIO
Slovak: C03E Diuretiká a diuretiká šetriace draslík v kombinácii
German (Switzerland): C03E Diuretika und Kalium sparende Mittel in Kombination
French (Switzerland): C03E Diurétiques et épargneurs potassiques en association
Italian (Switzerland): C03E Diuretici e farmaci risparmiatori di potassio in associazione
Dutch: C03E Diuretica en kaliumsparende middelen in combinatie
English (Canada): C03E Diuretics and potassium-sparing agents in combination
French (Canada): C03E Diurétiques et épargneurs potassiques en association

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 C03E

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