D06BX01 metronidazole
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.
- 7 prescription only (POM)
- 1 no longer supplied or not available
Active substance: Metronidazole – all medicines with this substance, also in combinations.
Place in the ATC classification
- D Dermatologicals 412 medicines
- D06 Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics for dermatological use 41 medicines
- D06B Chemotherapeutics for topical use 31 medicines
- D06BX Other chemotherapeutics 11 medicines
- D06BX01 metronidazole 9 medicines
- D06BX Other chemotherapeutics 11 medicines
- D06B Chemotherapeutics for topical use 31 medicines
- D06 Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics for dermatological use 41 medicines
Medicines
| Medicine | Legal category |
|---|---|
| Acea 0.75% w/w gel SPC | Prescription only (POM) |
| Anabact 0.75% w/w gel SPC | Prescription only (POM) |
| Metrogel SPC | Prescription only (POM) |
| Metronidazole 0.75% w/w gel SPC | Prescription only (POM) |
| Metrotop SPC no longer supplied | – |
| Rozex 0.75% gel | Prescription only (POM) |
| Rozex 0.75% w/w cream | Prescription only (POM) |
| Rozex 0.75% w/w gel | Prescription only (POM) |
| Rozex gel SPC | – |
Other groups of the same level
- D06BX02 ingenol mebutate 1 medicine
- D06BX03 tirbanibulin 1 medicine
Other names of the ATC group
- Czech: D06BX01 Metronidazol
- French: D06BX01 métronidazole
- German: D06BX01 Metronidazol
- Spanish: D06BX01 Metronidazol
- German: D06BX01 Metronidazol
- Polish: D06BX01 Metronidazol
- Turkish: D06BX01 metronidazol
- Portuguese (Brazil): D06BX01 Metronidazol
- Slovak: D06BX01 Metronidazol
- German (Switzerland): D06BX01 Metronidazol
- French (Switzerland): D06BX01 Métronidazole
- Italian (Switzerland): D06BX01 Metronidazolo
- Dutch: D06BX01 Metronidazol
- English (Canada): D06BX01 Metronidazole
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 D06BX01
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