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H05BA Calcitonin preparations

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines controlling the calcium in the blood

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 1 medicine in this group and its subgroups.

Active substance: Recombinant salmon calcitonin – all medicines with this substance, also in combinations.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. H Systemic hormonal preparations, excl. sex hormones and insulins 442 medicines
    1. H05 Calcium homeostasis 67 medicines
      1. H05B Anti-parathyroid agents 45 medicines
        1. H05BA Calcitonin preparations 1 medicine
          1. H05BA01 calcitonin (salmon synthetic) 1 medicine

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

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Forcaltonin SPC (H05BA01 calcitonin (salmon synthetic)) –

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 H05BA

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