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C10 Lipid modifying agents

ATC group of level 2 – therapeutic subgroup · in plain English: medicines lowering cholesterol, e.g. statins

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 208 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. C Cardiovascular system drugs 1,712 medicines
    1. C10 Lipid modifying agents 208 medicines
      1. C10A Lipid modifying agents, plain 191 medicines
      2. C10B Lipid modifying agents, combinations 17 medicines

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Alipza 1 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA08 pitavastatin) –
Atorvastatin 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 10 mg tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 20 mg tablets (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 30 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 4 mg / ml oral suspension SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 40 mg tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 60 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 80 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin 80 mg tablets (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin Hec Pharm 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin Hec Pharm 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin Hec Pharm 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin Hec Pharm 80 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin Umedica 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin Umedica 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin Umedica 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atorvastatin Umedica 80 mg film-coated tablets (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Atozet 10 mg / 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10BA05 atorvastatin and ezetimibe) –
Atozet 10 mg / 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10BA05 atorvastatin and ezetimibe) –
Atozet 10 mg/20 mg, film-coated tablets SPC (C10BA05 atorvastatin and ezetimibe) –
Atozet 10 mg/80 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10BA05 atorvastatin and ezetimibe) –
Bezafibrate 200 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AB02 bezafibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Bezafibrate Crescent 400 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (C10AB02 bezafibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Bezalip Mono (C10AB02 bezafibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Bezalip Mono 400 mg (C10AB02 bezafibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Bezalip Mono 400 mg tablets SPC (C10AB02 bezafibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Bezalip Mono, Calberzol XL 400 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (C10AB02 bezafibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Bezalip Retard tablets 400 mg, Bezalip Mono 400 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (C10AB02 bezafibrate) –
Bezalip, Bezafibrate 200 mg tablets SPC (C10AB02 bezafibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Cadaff XL 80 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC no longer supplied (C10AA04 fluvastatin) –
Cholestagel 625 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AC04 colesevelam) Prescription only (POM)
Cholib SPC no longer supplied (C10BA04 simvastatin and fenofibrate) –
Ciprofibrate 100 mg tablets SPC (C10AB08 ciprofibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Colesevelam Hydrochloride 1.25 g powder for oral suspension in sachet SPC (C10AC04 colesevelam) –
Colesevelam Hydrochloride 1.875 g powder for oral suspension in sachet SPC (C10AC04 colesevelam) –
Colesevelam Hydrochloride 3.75 g powder for oral suspension in sachet SPC (C10AC04 colesevelam) –
Colesevelam Hydrochloride 625 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AC04 colesevelam) Prescription only (POM)
Colesevelam Hydrochloride Ascend 625 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AC04 colesevelam) Prescription only (POM)
Colestid granules for oral suspension 5 g SPC (C10AC02 colestipol) –
Colestid Orange 5 g SPC no longer supplied (C10AC02 colestipol) –
Colestyramine Light 4 g powder for oral suspension SPC (C10AC01 colestyramine) –
Crestor 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Crestor 10 mg tablets, Rosuvastatin 10 mg tablets (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Crestor 20 mg film-coated tablets (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Crestor 20 mg film-coated tablets, Rosuvastatin 20 mg film-coated tablets (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Crestor 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Crestor 40 mg film-coated tablets, Rosuvastatin 40 mg film-coated tablets (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Crestor 5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Crestor 5 mg film-coated tablets, Rosuvastatin 5 mg film-coated tablets (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Crestor 5 mg film-coated tablets, Rosuvastatin 5 mg Fim-coated tablets (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Crestor 5 mg tablets, Rosuvastatin 5 mg tablets (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Dorisin XL 80 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC no longer supplied (C10AA04 fluvastatin) –
Enebium 10 mg orodispersible tablets SPC (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Enebium 5 mg orodispersible tablets (C10AA07 rosuvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Evkeeza SPC (C10AX Other lipid modifying agents) Prescription only (POM)
Ezetimib 10 mg tablets SPC (C10AX09 ezetimibe) –
Ezetimibe 10 mg tablets SPC (C10AX09 ezetimibe) Prescription only (POM)
Ezetimibe 10 mg tablets,Ezetrol 10 mg tablets (C10AX09 ezetimibe) Prescription only (POM)
Ezetimibe/simvastatin 10 mg / 20 mg tablets SPC (C10BA02 simvastatin and ezetimibe) –
Ezetimibe/simvastatin 10 mg / 40 mg tablets SPC (C10BA02 simvastatin and ezetimibe) –
Ezetimibe/simvastatin 10 mg / 80 mg tablets SPC (C10BA02 simvastatin and ezetimibe) –
Ezetimibe/simvastatin 10 mg/10 mg tablets SPC (C10BA02 simvastatin and ezetimibe) –
Ezetrol 10 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (C10AX09 ezetimibe) –
Fenofibrate 160 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AB05 fenofibrate) –
Fenofibrate 200 mg capsules SPC not available (C10AB05 fenofibrate) –
Fenofibrate 267 mg capsules SPC (C10AB05 fenofibrate) –
Fenofibrate 67 mg capsules SPC (C10AB05 fenofibrate) –
Fibrazate XL 400 mg modified release tablets SPC no longer supplied (C10AB02 bezafibrate) –
Fluvastatin 20 mg capsules SPC (C10AA04 fluvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Fluvastatin 40 mg capsules SPC (C10AA04 fluvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Gemfibrozil 600 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AB04 gemfibrozil) Prescription only (POM)
Gemfibrozil 600 mg tablets, Lopid 600 mg tablets (C10AB04 gemfibrozil) Prescription only (POM)
Glybera SPC (C10AX10 alipogene tiparvovec) –
Inegy 10 mg / 20 mg tablets SPC (C10BA02 simvastatin and ezetimibe) Prescription only (POM)
Inegy 10 mg / 40 mg tablets SPC (C10BA02 simvastatin and ezetimibe) Prescription only (POM)
Inegy 10 mg / 80 mg tablets SPC (C10BA02 simvastatin and ezetimibe) Prescription only (POM)
Leqvio 284 mg solution for injection in Pre-filled syringe SPC (C10AX Other lipid modifying agents) Prescription only (POM)
Lescol XL 80 mg prolonged-release tablets (C10AA04 fluvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lescol XL 80 mg prolonged-release tablets, Nandovar XL 80 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC no longer supplied (C10AA04 fluvastatin) –
Lescol XL 80 mg tablets (C10AA04 fluvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipanthyl Micro 67, Lipantil Micro 67 (C10AB05 fenofibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Lipantil Micro 200 SPC (C10AB05 fenofibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Lipantil Micro 200 mg capsules SPC (C10AB05 fenofibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Lipantil Micro 200 mg capsules, Fenofibrate 200 mg capsules (C10AB05 fenofibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Lipantil Micro 267 mg capsules SPC (C10AB05 fenofibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Lipantil Micro 267 mg capsules, Lipanthyl 267 mg Micronised capsules (C10AB05 fenofibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Lipantil Micro 67 mg, capsules (C10AB05 fenofibrate) Prescription only (POM)
Lipitor 10 mg chewable tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipitor 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipitor 20 mg chewable tablet SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipitor 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipitor 40 mg chewable tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipitor 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipitor 5 mg chewable tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipitor 80 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipitor 80 mg tablets SPC (C10AA05 atorvastatin) Prescription only (POM)
Lipozate 400 mg prolonged-release tablets (C10AB02 bezafibrate) 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 C10

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