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