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N05CF Benzodiazepine related hypnotics and sedatives

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

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 24 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. N05C Hypnotics and sedatives 154 medicines
        1. N05CF Benzodiazepine related hypnotics and sedatives 24 medicines
          1. N05CF01 zopiclone 10 medicines
          2. N05CF02 zolpidem 9 medicines
          3. N05CF03 zaleplon 2 medicines
          4. N05CF04 eszopiclone 3 medicines

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Lunivia 1 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF04 eszopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Lunivia 2 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF04 eszopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Lunivia 3 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF04 eszopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Sonata SPC no longer supplied (N05CF03 zaleplon) –
Stilnoct 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05CF02 zolpidem) –
Zalzo 10 mg orodispersible tablets SPC (N05CF02 zolpidem) Prescription only (POM)
Zalzo 5 mg orodispersible tablets SPC (N05CF02 zolpidem) Prescription only (POM)
Zerene SPC (N05CF03 zaleplon) –
Zimovane 7.5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF01 zopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Zimovane LS 3.75 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05CF01 zopiclone) –
Zolpidem 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF02 zolpidem) Prescription only (POM)
Zolpidem 5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF02 zolpidem) Prescription only (POM)
Zolpidem Tartrate 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF02 zolpidem) Prescription only (POM)
Zolpidem Tartrate 10 mg tablets SPC (N05CF02 zolpidem) Prescription only (POM)
Zolpidem Tartrate 5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF02 zolpidem) Prescription only (POM)
Zolpidem Tartrate 5 mg tablets SPC (N05CF02 zolpidem) Prescription only (POM)
Zopiclone 3.75 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF01 zopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Zopiclone 3.75 mg tablets SPC (N05CF01 zopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Zopiclone 7.5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF01 zopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Zopiclone 7.5 mg tablets SPC (N05CF01 zopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Zopiclone Aristo 7.5 mg film-coated tablets (N05CF01 zopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Zopiclone Grindeks 3.75 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF01 zopiclone) Prescription only (POM)
Zopiclone Grindeks 5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF01 zopiclone) –
Zopiclone Grindeks 7.5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CF01 zopiclone) 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 N05CF

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