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N05CH Melatonin receptor agonists, 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 58 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. N05CH Melatonin receptor agonists, hypnotics and sedatives 58 medicines
          1. N05CH01 melatonin 57 medicines
          2. N05CH03 tasimelteon 1 medicine

1 more subgroup has no medicine with a leaflet on this site.

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Adaflex 1 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Adaflex 2 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Adaflex 3 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Adaflex 4 mg tablets (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Adaflex 5 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Adaflex Ava 0.5 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Adaflex Ava 1 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Adaflex Ava 2 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Adaflex Ava 4 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Adaflex Ava 5 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Adaflex Ava, 3 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Celton XL 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Ceyesto 1 mg/ml oral solution (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Ceyesto 3 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Circadin 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Civasta 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC no longer supplied (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Hetlioz 20 mg hard capsules SPC –
Melatonin 1 mg / ml oral solution SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 2 mg capsules SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 2 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 2 mg hard capsules SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 3 mg capsules SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 3 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 3 mg hard capsules SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 4 mg film-coated tablets (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 5 mg capsules SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin 5 mg hard capsules SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Accord XL 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Austin XL 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Avianta 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Bluefish 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Consilient Health 1 mg/ml oral solution SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Melatonin Evolan 2 mg film-coated tablet SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Evolan 3 mg film-coated tablet SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Evolan 4 mg film-coated tablet SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Evolan 5 mg film-coated tablet SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Kent XL 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Medice 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Medreich 2 mg prolonged-release tablets (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Milpharm 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Mylan 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Neurim 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Orion 3 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Serb 1 mg/ml oral solution SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Melatonin Somex Pharma 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Teva XL 2 mg prolonged release tablets (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melatonin Zentiva 2 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Mellozzan 0.5 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Mellozzan 1 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Mellozzan 2 mg tablets (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Mellozzan 3 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Mellozzan 4 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Mellozzan 5 mg tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Melonap 1 mg/ml oral solution SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) –
Slenyto 1 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Slenyto 5 mg prolonged-release tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) Prescription only (POM)
Syncrodin 3 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N05CH01 melatonin) 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 N05CH

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