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M03B Muscle relaxants, centrally acting agents

ATC group of level 3 – pharmacological subgroup · in plain English: muscle relaxants

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 46 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

How to read ATC codes – what the levels mean and what a code does not tell you.

  1. M Musculo-skeletal system drugs 701 medicines
    1. M03 Muscle relaxants 95 medicines
      1. M03B Muscle relaxants, centrally acting agents 46 medicines
        1. M03BA Carbamic acid esters, centrally acting muscle relaxants 8 medicines
        2. M03BX Other centrally acting agents 38 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
Baclofen 0.05 mg / 1 ml solution for injection SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen 0.5 mg/ml solution for infusion SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen 10 mg / 20 ml solution for infusion SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen 10 mg / 5 ml solution for infusion SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Baclofen 10 mg tablets SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen 10 mg/5 ml oral solution (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen 2 mg / ml solution for infusion SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Baclofen 20 mg tablets SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen 25 mg tablets SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Baclofen 5 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen 5 mg / 5 ml sugar free oral solution, Lyflex 5 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen 5 mg tablets SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen 5 mg|5 ml oral liquid SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Baclofen 50 micrograms/ml solution for injection SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen Aguettant 0.05 mg / ml solution for injection SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen Aguettant 0.5 mg / ml solution for infusion SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen tablets 10 mg SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Baclofen tablets BP 10 mg SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Gablofen 0.05 mg/ml solution for injection/infusion in Pre-filled syringe SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Gablofen 0.5 mg / ml solution for injection/infusion SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Gablofen 0.5 mg/ml solution for injection/infusion in Pre-filled syringe SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Gablofen 1 mg / ml solution for injection/infusion in Pre-filled syringe SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Gablofen 2 mg / ml solution for injection/infusion SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Gablofen 2 mg / ml solution for injection/infusion in Pre-filled syringe SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Lioresal intrathecal infusion 10 mg / 20 ml SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Lioresal intrathecal infusion 10 mg / 5 ml SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Lioresal intrathecal injection 50 micrograms / 1 ml SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Lioresal liquid SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) –
Lioresal tablets 10 mg SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Lyflex 5 mg / 5 ml oral solution, Baclofen 5 mg / 5 ml sugar free oral solution SPC (M03BX01 baclofen) Prescription only (POM)
Methocarbamol 1500 mg film-coated tablets SPC (M03BA03 methocarbamol) Prescription only (POM)
Methocarbamol 1500 mg tablets SPC (M03BA03 methocarbamol) Prescription only (POM)
Methocarbamol 750 mg film-coated tablets SPC (M03BA03 methocarbamol) Prescription only (POM)
Methocarbamol 750 mg tablets (M03BA03 methocarbamol) Prescription only (POM)
Methocarbamol 750 mg/5 ml oral suspension SPC (M03BA03 methocarbamol) Prescription only (POM)
Methocarbamol Aristo 750 mg tablet SPC (M03BA03 methocarbamol) Prescription only (POM)
Methocarbamol Neuraxpharm 750 mg film-coated tablets SPC (M03BA03 methocarbamol) Prescription only (POM)
Myopridin 3 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (M03BX03 pridinol) –
Robaxin-750 SPC (M03BA03 methocarbamol) Prescription only (POM)
Tizagelan 2 mg tablets SPC (M03BX02 tizanidine) Prescription only (POM)
Tizagelan 4 mg tablets SPC (M03BX02 tizanidine) Prescription only (POM)
Tizanidine 2 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (M03BX02 tizanidine) –
Tizanidine 4 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (M03BX02 tizanidine) –
Tizanidine Ascend 2 mg tablets SPC (M03BX02 tizanidine) Prescription only (POM)
Tizanidine Ascend 4 mg tablets SPC (M03BX02 tizanidine) Prescription only (POM)
Tizanidine Ascend 6 mg tablets SPC (M03BX02 tizanidine) –

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 M03B

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