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N05CC Aldehydes and derivatives

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: sleeping tablets and sedatives

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 3 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Active substance: Chloral hydrate – all medicines with this substance, also in combinations.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. N Nervous system drugs 4,479 medicines
    1. N05 Psycholeptics 825 medicines
      1. N05C Hypnotics and sedatives 154 medicines
        1. N05CC Aldehydes and derivatives 3 medicines
          1. N05CC01 chloral hydrate 3 medicines

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

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Chloral Hydrate 143 mg/5 ml oral solution SPC no longer supplied (N05CC01 chloral hydrate) –
Chloral Hydrate 200 mg/5 ml oral solution SPC not available (N05CC01 chloral hydrate) –
Chloral Hydrate 500 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (N05CC01 chloral hydrate) 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 N05CC

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