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N05BA Benzodiazepine derivative anxiolytics

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines for anxiety

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 91 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. N05B Anxiolytics 104 medicines
        1. N05BA Benzodiazepine derivative anxiolytics 91 medicines
          1. N05BA01 diazepam 30 medicines
          2. N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide 11 medicines
          3. N05BA04 oxazepam 6 medicines
          4. N05BA06 lorazepam 14 medicines
          5. N05BA09 clobazam 28 medicines
          6. N05BA12 alprazolam 2 medicines

18 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
Chlordiazepoxide 10 mg capsules SPC (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) Prescription only (POM)
Chlordiazepoxide 10 mg tablets SPC not available (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) –
Chlordiazepoxide 5 mg capsules SPC (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) Prescription only (POM)
Chlordiazepoxide 5 mg tablets SPC not available (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) –
Chlordiazepoxide capsules 5 mg, Tropium capsules 5 mg SPC (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) Prescription only (POM)
Chlordiazepoxide capsules BP 10 mg SPC (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) Prescription only (POM)
Chlordiazepoxide capsules BP 5 mg SPC (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) Prescription only (POM)
Chlordiazepoxide tablets 5 mg, Tropium tablets 5 mg SPC not available (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) –
Clobazam 10 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Clobazam 20 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Clobazam Accord 10 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Clobazam Atnahs 10 mg / 5 ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Atnahs 5 mg/5 ml oral suspension (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Celix 10 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Clobazam Celix 20 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Clobazam Crescent 10 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Clobazam Crescent 20 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Clobazam Essential Pharmaceuticals 1 mg / ml oral suspension SPC –
Clobazam Martindale Pharma 10 mg / 5 ml oral suspension, Tapclob 10 mg / 5 ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Milpharm 10 mg tablets (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Clobazam Northumbria 10 mg/5 ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Northumbria 5 mg/5 ml oral suspension (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Tenpharma 10 mg / 5 ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Tenpharma 5 mg / 5 ml oral suspension (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Thame 10 mg/5 ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Thame 5 mg / 5 ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Wockhardt 1 mg/ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Wockhardt 2 mg / ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) –
Clobazam Zydus 10 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Clobazam Zydus 20 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazemuls emulsion for injection, Diazepam Accord 5 mg / ml emulsion for injection SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Diazepam 10 mg tablets SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam 2 mg tablets SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam 2 mg, Tensium (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Diazepam 2 mg/5 ml oral suspension SPC no longer supplied (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Diazepam 2 mg/5 ml sugar free oral solution SPC no longer supplied (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Diazepam 5 mg / 5 ml oral suspension SPC not available (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Diazepam 5 mg tablets SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam 5 mg/ml solution for injection SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam Desitin 10 mg rectal solution SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam Desitin 5 mg rectal solution SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam GSP 10 mg tablets SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam GSP 2 mg tablets SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam GSP 5 mg tablets SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam injection BP 10 mg / 2 ml SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam Rectubes 10 mg rectal solution SPC no longer supplied (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Diazepam Rectubes 2.5 mg rectal solution SPC no longer supplied (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Diazepam Rectubes 5 mg rectal solution SPC no longer supplied (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Diazepam tablets 10 mg SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam tablets 10 mg BP SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam tablets 2 mg SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam tablets 2 mg BP SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam tablets 5 mg SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam tablets 5 mg BP SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam tablets BP 10 mg SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam tablets BP 2 mg SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Diazepam tablets BP 5 mg SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Frisium 10 mg tablets SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Frisium tablets 10 mg SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Librium 10 mg capsules SPC (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) Prescription only (POM)
Librium 5 mg capsules SPC (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) Prescription only (POM)
Lorazepam 0.5 mg tablets SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Lorazepam 0.5 mg tablets, Saphira 0.5 mg tablets SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Lorazepam 1 mg / ml oral solution SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Lorazepam 1 mg tablets SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Lorazepam 2.5 mg tablets SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Lorazepam Aristo 1 mg orodispersible tablets SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Lorazepam Aristo 2.5 mg orodispersible tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05BA06 lorazepam) –
Lorazepam Aristo 2.5 mg tablets SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Lorazepam Aristo 2.5 mg tablets, Lorazepam Aristo 1 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05BA06 lorazepam) –
Lorazepam Macure 4 mg / ml solution for injection SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) –
Lorazepam Orion 1 mg tablets SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Lorazepam tablets 1 mg SPC no longer supplied (N05BA06 lorazepam) –
Lorazepam tablets 2.5 mg SPC no longer supplied (N05BA06 lorazepam) –
Oxazepam 10 mg tablets SPC (N05BA04 oxazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Oxazepam 15 mg tablets SPC (N05BA04 oxazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Oxazepam tablets 10 mg SPC (N05BA04 oxazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Oxazepam tablets 15 mg SPC (N05BA04 oxazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Oxazepam tablets BP 10 mg SPC (N05BA04 oxazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Oxazepam tablets BP 15 mg SPC no longer supplied (N05BA04 oxazepam) –
Perizam 1 mg / ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Perizam 2 mg / ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Saphira 2.5 mg tablets, Lorazepam 2.5 mg tablets SPC (N05BA06 lorazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Stesolid rectal Tube 10 mg, Diazepam 10 mg rectal Tubes SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Tensium tablets, Diazepam 10 mg SPC (N05BA01 diazepam) Prescription only (POM)
Tensium, Diazepam 5 mg (N05BA01 diazepam) –
Tropium capsules 10 mg, Chlordiazepoxide capsules 10 mg SPC (N05BA02 chlordiazepoxide) Prescription only (POM)
Xanax 250 micrograms tablets SPC (N05BA12 alprazolam) Prescription only (POM)
Xanax 500 microgram tablets SPC (N05BA12 alprazolam) Prescription only (POM)
Zacco 10 mg / 5 ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)
Zacco 5 mg/5 ml oral suspension SPC (N05BA09 clobazam) Prescription only (POM)

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 N05BA

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