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N01BX Other local anesthetics

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: local anaesthetics, for numbing

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 2 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Active substance: Capsaicin – all medicines with this substance, also in combinations.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. N Nervous system drugs 4,479 medicines
    1. N01 Anesthetics 169 medicines
      1. N01B Local anesthetics 99 medicines
        1. N01BX Other local anesthetics 2 medicines
          1. N01BX04 capsaicin 2 medicines

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

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Axsain 0.075% w/w cream SPC no longer supplied (N01BX04 capsaicin) –
Qutenza 179 mg cutaneous patch SPC (N01BX04 capsaicin) 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 N01BX

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