Medicines by ATC code N05AL Benzamide 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 20 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

11 prescription only (POM)
7 no longer supplied or not available

Place in the ATC classification

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

N Nervous system drugs 4,479 medicines
1. N05 Psycholeptics 825 medicines
  1. N05A Antipsychotics 567 medicines
    1. N05AL Benzamide antipsychotics 20 medicines
      1. N05AL01 sulpiride 8 medicines
      2. N05AL05 amisulpride 12 medicines

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

Active substances in the group

Amisulpride 12 medicines
Sulpiride 8 medicines

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

Medicine	Legal category
Amisulpride 100 mg / ml oral solution SPC (N05AL05 amisulpride)	Prescription only (POM)
Amisulpride 100 mg / ml sugar free oral solution SPC (N05AL05 amisulpride)	Prescription only (POM)
Amisulpride 100 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05AL05 amisulpride)	–
Amisulpride 200 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05AL05 amisulpride)	–
Amisulpride 400 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05AL05 amisulpride)	Prescription only (POM)
Amisulpride 400 mg tablets SPC (N05AL05 amisulpride)	Prescription only (POM)
Amisulpride 50 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05AL05 amisulpride)	–
Solian 100 mg / ml solution SPC (N05AL05 amisulpride)	Prescription only (POM)
Solian 100 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05AL05 amisulpride)	–
Solian 400 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05AL05 amisulpride)	–
Solian 400 mg film-coated tablets Amisulpride 400 mg film-coated tablets (N05AL05 amisulpride)	Prescription only (POM)
Solian 50 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05AL05 amisulpride)	–
Sulpiride 200 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (N05AL01 sulpiride)	Prescription only (POM)
Sulpiride 200 mg tablets SPC (N05AL01 sulpiride)	Prescription only (POM)
Sulpiride 400 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05AL01 sulpiride)	Prescription only (POM)
Sulpiride 400 mg tablets SPC (N05AL01 sulpiride)	Prescription only (POM)
Sulpiride Grindeks 100 mg tablets SPC (N05AL01 sulpiride)	–
Sulpiride Rosemont 200 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (N05AL01 sulpiride)	–
Sulpiride tablets 200 mg (N05AL01 sulpiride)	Prescription only (POM)
Sulpiride tablets 400 mg SPC no longer supplied (N05AL01 sulpiride)	–

Other groups of the same level

N05AA Phenothiazines with aliphatic side-chain, antipsychotics 26 medicines
N05AB Phenothiazines with piperazine structure, antipsychotics 26 medicines
N05AC Phenothiazines with piperidine structure, antipsychotics 3 medicines
N05AD Butyrophenone derivatives, antipsychotics 21 medicines
N05AE Indole derivatives, antipsychotic 6 medicines
N05AF Thioxanthene derivatives, antipsychotic 20 medicines
N05AG Diphenylbutylpiperidine derivatives, antipsychotics 3 medicines
N05AH Diazepines, oxazepines, thiazepines and oxepines antipsychotic drugs 219 medicines
N05AN Lithium antipsychotics 10 medicines
N05AX Other antipsychotics 213 medicines

Other names of the ATC group

Czech: N05AL Benzamidy
French: N05AL benzamides
German: N05AL Benzamide
Spanish: N05AL Benzamidas (antipsicoticos)
German: N05AL Benzamide
Italian: N05AL BENZAMIDI
Polish: N05AL benzamidy
Turkish: N05AL Benzamid antipsikotikler
Portuguese (Brazil): N05AL Benzamidas
Slovak: N05AL Benzamidy
German (Switzerland): N05AL Benzamide
French (Switzerland): N05AL Benzamides
Italian (Switzerland): N05AL Benzamidi
Dutch: N05AL Benzamiden, antipsychotica

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 N05AL

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