Patient info

N05AB Phenothiazines with piperazine structure, antipsychotics

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines for psychosis, e.g. schizophrenia

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 26 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. N Nervous system drugs 4,479 medicines
    1. N05 Psycholeptics 825 medicines
      1. N05A Antipsychotics 567 medicines
        1. N05AB Phenothiazines with piperazine structure, antipsychotics 26 medicines
          1. N05AB04 prochlorperazine 13 medicines
          2. N05AB06 trifluoperazine 13 medicines

8 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
Buccastem 3 mg buccal tablets, Prochlorperazine 3 mg buccal tablets SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) With or without prescription
Buccastem M buccal tablets SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Prochlorperazine 5 mg tablets SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Prochlorperazine Maleate 3 mg buccal tablets SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Prochlorperazine Maleate 5 mg tablets SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Prochlorperazine Maleate 5 mg tablets, Stemetil 5 mg tablets SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Prochlorperazine Maleate tablets BP 25 mg SPC not available (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) –
Prochlorperazine Mesilate 12.5 mg/ml solution for injection SPC no longer supplied (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) –
Prochlorperazine tablets 5 mg SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Prochlorperazine tablets BP 5 mg SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Stelazine 1 mg / 5 ml syrup, Trifluoperazine 1 mg / 5 ml syrup SPC no longer supplied (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) –
Stemetil 12.5 mg / ml injection SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Stemetil 5 mg / 5 ml syrup SPC no longer supplied (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) –
Stemetil 5 mg tablets SPC (N05AB04 prochlorperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Terrazine / Trifluoperazine 1 mg SPC (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) –
Terrazine/trifluoperazine BP 5 mg SPC (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) –
Trifluoperazine 1 mg tablets SPC (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Trifluoperazine 1 mg tablets, Stelazine 1 mg tablets SPC (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Trifluoperazine 1 mg/5 ml oral solution SPC (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Trifluoperazine 2 mg tablets (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Trifluoperazine 5 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Trifluoperazine 5 mg tablets SPC (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Trifluoperazine tablets 1 mg SPC (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Trifluoperazine tablets 5 mg (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) Prescription only (POM)
Trifluoperazine tablets BP 1 mg SPC no longer supplied (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) –
Trifluoperazine tablets BP 5 mg SPC no longer supplied (N05AB06 trifluoperazine) –

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 N05AB

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