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J04AB Antibiotics, Antitubercular

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines for tuberculosis

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 13 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. J Antiinfectives for systemic use 1,393 medicines
    1. J04 Antimycobacterials 44 medicines
      1. J04A Drugs for treatment of tuberculosis 38 medicines
        1. J04AB Antibiotics, Antitubercular 13 medicines
          1. J04AB01 cycloserine 1 medicine
          2. J04AB02 rifampicin 11 medicines
          3. J04AB04 rifabutin 1 medicine

4 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
Cycloserine SPC (J04AB01 cycloserine) Prescription only (POM)
Mycobutin SPC (J04AB04 rifabutin) Prescription only (POM)
Rifadin 100 mg / 5 ml oral suspension SPC (J04AB02 rifampicin) Prescription only (POM)
Rifadin 150 mg capsules SPC (J04AB02 rifampicin) Prescription only (POM)
Rifadin 300 mg capsules SPC (J04AB02 rifampicin) Prescription only (POM)
Rifadin 600 mg infusion (J04AB02 rifampicin) Prescription only (POM)
Rifadin 600 mg infusion, Rifampicin 600 mg infusion (J04AB02 rifampicin) Prescription only (POM)
Rifadin for infusion 600 mg SPC (J04AB02 rifampicin) Prescription only (POM)
Rifampicin 300 mg capsules, Rimactane 300 mg capsules (J04AB02 rifampicin) Prescription only (POM)
Rifampicin capsules 150 mg SPC (J04AB02 rifampicin) Prescription only (POM)
Rifampicin capsules 300 mg SPC (J04AB02 rifampicin) Prescription only (POM)
Rimactane capsules 150 mg SPC no longer supplied (J04AB02 rifampicin) –
Rimactane capsules 300 mg SPC (J04AB02 rifampicin) 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 J04AB

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