Patient info

C10AC Bile acid sequestrants

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines lowering cholesterol, e.g. statins

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 11 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
        1. C10AC Bile acid sequestrants 11 medicines
          1. C10AC01 colestyramine 3 medicines
          2. C10AC02 colestipol 2 medicines
          3. C10AC04 colesevelam 6 medicines

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

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Cholestagel 625 mg film-coated tablets SPC (C10AC04 colesevelam) 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) –
Questran 4 g/sachet powder for oral suspension SPC no longer supplied (C10AC01 colestyramine) –
Questran Light 4 g/sachet powder for oral suspension SPC (C10AC01 colestyramine) 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 C10AC

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