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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

  1. N Nervous system drugs 4,479 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) –
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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