Patient info

H03B Antithyroid preparations

ATC group of level 3 – pharmacological subgroup · in plain English: medicines for the thyroid

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 15 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. H Systemic hormonal preparations, excl. sex hormones and insulins 442 medicines
    1. H03 Thyroid therapy drugs 67 medicines
      1. H03B Antithyroid preparations 15 medicines
        1. H03BA Thiouracil antithyroid preparations 4 medicines
        2. H03BB Sulfur-containing imidazole derivatives, antithyroid preparations 11 medicines

2 more subgroups have no medicine with a leaflet on this site.

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Carbimazole 10 mg tablets SPC (H03BB01 carbimazole) Prescription only (POM)
Carbimazole 10 mg tablets, Reduzol 10 mg tablets SPC (H03BB01 carbimazole) Prescription only (POM)
Carbimazole 15 mg tablets SPC (H03BB01 carbimazole) Prescription only (POM)
Carbimazole 2.5 mg/ml oral solution SPC (H03BB01 carbimazole) Prescription only (POM)
Carbimazole 20 mg tablets SPC (H03BB01 carbimazole) Prescription only (POM)
Carbimazole 20 mg tablets, Reduzol 20 mg tablets (H03BB01 carbimazole) Prescription only (POM)
Carbimazole 5 mg tablets SPC (H03BB01 carbimazole) Prescription only (POM)
Carbimazole 5 mg tablets, Neomercazole 5 mg tablets (H03BB01 carbimazole) Prescription only (POM)
Neomercazole 20 SPC no longer supplied (H03BB01 carbimazole) –
Neomercazole 5 SPC no longer supplied (H03BB01 carbimazole) –
Propylthiouracil 100 mg tablets SPC (H03BA02 propylthiouracil) Prescription only (POM)
Propylthiouracil 25 mg tablets SPC (H03BA02 propylthiouracil) Prescription only (POM)
Propylthiouracil 50 mg tablets SPC (H03BA02 propylthiouracil) Prescription only (POM)
Propylthiouracil tablets BP 50 mg SPC no longer supplied (H03BA02 propylthiouracil) –
Reduzol 5 mg tablets, Carbimazole 5 mg tablets SPC (H03BB01 carbimazole) 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 H03B

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