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N04A Anticholinergic agents

ATC group of level 3 – pharmacological subgroup · in plain English: medicines for Parkinson's disease

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 22 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. N Nervous system drugs 4,502 medicines
    1. N04 Anti-parkinson drugs 315 medicines
      1. N04A Anticholinergic agents 22 medicines
        1. N04AA Tertiary amines, anticholinergic 20 medicines
        2. N04AB Ethers chemically close to antihistamines, anticholinergic 2 medicines

1 more subgroup has no medicine with a leaflet on this site.

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Agitane (Trihexyphenidyl 5 mg) SPC (N04AA01 trihexyphenidyl) –
Kemadrin 5 mg tablets (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Kemadrin 5 mg tablets, Procyclidine Hydrochloride 5 mg tablets (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Kemadrin tablets 5 mg SPC (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Orphenadrine Hydrochloride 50 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (N04AB02 orphenadrine (chloride)) –
Orphenadrine Hydrochloride 50 mg/5 ml oral solution SPC (N04AB02 orphenadrine (chloride)) Prescription only (POM)
Procyclidine 5 mg tablets SPC (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Procyclidine 5 mg tablets BP SPC (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Procyclidine Hydrochloride 10 mg tablets SPC (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Procyclidine Hydrochloride 2.5 mg tablets SPC (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Procyclidine Hydrochloride 5 mg tablets SPC (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Procyclidine Hydrochloride 5 mg tablets,Kemadrin 5 mg tablets (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Procyclidine Rosemont 2.5 mg/5 ml oral solution SPC (N04AA04 procyclidine) –
Procyclidine Rosemont 5 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (N04AA04 procyclidine) –
Procyclidine tablets 5 mg, Muscinil SPC (N04AA04 procyclidine) Prescription only (POM)
Trihexyphenidyl 2 mg tablets SPC (N04AA01 trihexyphenidyl) Prescription only (POM)
Trihexyphenidyl 5 mg tablets SPC (N04AA01 trihexyphenidyl) Prescription only (POM)
Trihexyphenidyl 5 mg tablets BP SPC (N04AA01 trihexyphenidyl) Prescription only (POM)
Trihexyphenidyl Hydrochloride 2 mg tablets (N04AA01 trihexyphenidyl) Prescription only (POM)
Trihexyphenidyl Hydrochloride 5 mg / 5 ml syrup SPC (N04AA01 trihexyphenidyl) Prescription only (POM)
Trihexyphenidyl tablets 2 mg, Artane tablets 2 mg SPC no longer supplied (N04AA01 trihexyphenidyl) –
Trihexyphenidyl tablets 5 mg, Artane tablets 5 mg SPC no longer supplied (N04AA01 trihexyphenidyl) –

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 N04A

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