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N05AX Other 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 213 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 4,479 medicines
    1. N05 Psycholeptics 825 medicines
      1. N05A Antipsychotics 567 medicines
        1. N05AX Other antipsychotics 213 medicines
          1. N05AX08 risperidone 41 medicines
          2. N05AX12 aripiprazole 115 medicines
          3. N05AX13 paliperidone 50 medicines
          4. N05AX15 cariprazine 4 medicines
          5. N05AX16 brexpiprazole 3 medicines

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

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Risperidone Grindeks 6 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05AX08 risperidone) Prescription only (POM)
Risperidone Medley 1 mg/ml oral solution SPC (N05AX08 risperidone) Prescription only (POM)
Rxulti SPC (N05AX16 brexpiprazole) –
Rxulti 0.25 mg film coated tablets SPC (N05AX16 brexpiprazole) –
Rxulti 4 mg film coated tablets SPC (N05AX16 brexpiprazole) –
Trevicta 175 mg prolonged release suspension for injection SPC (N05AX13 paliperidone) Prescription only (POM)
Trevicta 263 mg prolonged-release suspension for injection SPC (N05AX13 paliperidone) Prescription only (POM)
Trevicta 350 mg prolonged-release suspension for injection SPC (N05AX13 paliperidone) Prescription only (POM)
Trevicta 525 mg prolonged-release suspension for injection SPC (N05AX13 paliperidone) Prescription only (POM)
Xeplion 100 mg prolonged release suspension for injection (N05AX13 paliperidone) Prescription only (POM)
Xeplion 150 mg prolonged-release suspension for injection SPC (N05AX13 paliperidone) Prescription only (POM)
Xeplion 50 mg prolonged-release suspension for injection SPC (N05AX13 paliperidone) Prescription only (POM)
Xeplion 75 mg prolonged release suspension for injection SPC (N05AX13 paliperidone) Prescription only (POM)

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 N05AX

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