Patient info

D06BB03 aciclovir

ATC group of level 5 – chemical substance · in plain English: antibiotics for the skin

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 9 medicines in this group.

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

Place in the ATC classification

  1. D Dermatologicals 412 medicines
    1. D06 Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics for dermatological use 41 medicines
      1. D06B Chemotherapeutics for topical use 31 medicines
        1. D06BB Antivirals, topical 19 medicines
          1. D06BB03 aciclovir 9 medicines

Medicines

MedicineLegal category
Aciclovir 5% w/w cream SPC Prescription only (POM)
Aciclovir 5%w/w cream, Zovirax cream With or without prescription
Aciclovir cream 5% SPC With or without prescription
Boots Antiviral Cold Sore cream, Aciclovir 5% w/w cream SPC no longer supplied –
Galpharm Aciclovir 5% w/w cream SPC –
Superdrug Cold Sore cream,Careway Cold Sore 5% w/w cream,Asda Cold Sore cream,Numark Cold Sore cream,Galpharm Cold Sore cream,Pinewood Cold Sore cream,Lypsyl Aciclovir 5% Cold Sore cream SPC General sale (GSL)
Tesco Health Antiviral Cold Sore Relief 5% w/w cream, Boots Antiviral Cold Sore 5% w/w cream, Well Pharmaceuticals Cold Sore 5% w/w cream, Almus Cold Sore 5% w/w cream, Lipsore 5% w/w cream, Wilko Cold Sore Relief 5% w/w cream SPC General sale (GSL)
Zovirax cream 5% SPC Prescription only (POM)
Zovirax cream 5%, Aciclovir 5% cream With or without prescription

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 D06BB03

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