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N06AB Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: antidepressants

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 80 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. N Nervous system drugs 4,479 medicines
    1. N06 Psychoanaleptics 766 medicines
      1. N06A Antidepressants 355 medicines
        1. N06AB Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors 80 medicines
          1. N06AB03 fluoxetine 18 medicines
          2. N06AB04 citalopram 9 medicines
          3. N06AB05 paroxetine 14 medicines
          4. N06AB06 sertraline 12 medicines
          5. N06AB08 fluvoxamine 6 medicines
          6. N06AB10 escitalopram 21 medicines

3 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
Cipralex 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Cipralex 20 mg / ml oral drops solution SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Cipralex 20 mg / ml oral drops solution, Escitalopram 20 mg / ml oral drops solution (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Cipralex 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Cipralex 20 mg film-coated tablets, Escitalopram 20 mg film-coated tablets (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Cipralex 20 mg tablets, Escitalopram 20 mg tablets (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Cipralex 5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Cipramil 20 mg film-coated tablets, Citalopram 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB04 citalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Cipramil drops 40 mg / ml SPC (N06AB04 citalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Citalopram 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB04 citalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Citalopram 10 mg tablets SPC (N06AB04 citalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Citalopram 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB04 citalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Citalopram 20 mg tablets SPC (N06AB04 citalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Citalopram 30 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB04 citalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Citalopram 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB04 citalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Citalopram 40 mg tablets SPC (N06AB04 citalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Enalto 15 mg orodispersible tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Enalto 5 mg orodispersible tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Escitalopram 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N06AB10 escitalopram) –
Escitalopram 10 mg film-coated tablets, Cipralex 10 mg film-coated tablets (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Escitalopram 10 mg orodispersible tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Escitalopram 15 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Escitalopram 15 mg orodispersible tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Escitalopram 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N06AB10 escitalopram) –
Escitalopram 20 mg film-coated tablets, Cipralex 20 mg film-coated tablets (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Escitalopram 20 mg orodispersible tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Escitalopram 5 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N06AB10 escitalopram) –
Escitalopram Grindeks 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Escitalopram Grindeks 5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Escitalopram Medley 20 mg/ ml oral drops, solution SPC (N06AB10 escitalopram) Prescription only (POM)
Faverin 100 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB08 fluvoxamine) Prescription only (POM)
Faverin 50 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB08 fluvoxamine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 10 mg hard capsules SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 10 mg hard capsules, Olena 10 mg capsules SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 20 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 20 mg / 5 ml oral solution, Prozep 20 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) –
Fluoxetine 20 mg capsules SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 20 mg capsules, Olena 20 mg capsules SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 20 mg dispersible tablets (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 20 mg hard capsules SPC no longer supplied (N06AB03 fluoxetine) –
Fluoxetine 30 mg capsules hard SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 40 mg capsules hard SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 40 mg hard capsules, Olena 40 mg capsules SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine 60 mg capsules SPC no longer supplied (N06AB03 fluoxetine) –
Fluoxetine 60 mg hard capsules SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluoxetine Neuraxpharm 10 mg tablets SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluvoxamine 100 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N06AB08 fluvoxamine) –
Fluvoxamine 50 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N06AB08 fluvoxamine) –
Fluvoxamine Maleate 100 mg film-coated tablets (N06AB08 fluvoxamine) Prescription only (POM)
Fluvoxamine Maleate 50 mg film-coated tablets (N06AB08 fluvoxamine) Prescription only (POM)
Lustral 100 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Lustral 100 mg film-coated tablets, Sertraline 100 mg film-coated tablets (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Lustral 100 mg film-coated tablets, Sertraline 100 mg film-coated tablets, Besitran 100 mg film-coated tablets (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Lustral 50 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Olena 20 mg dispersible tablets SPC (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Olena 30 mg capsules, Fluoxetine 30 mg hard capsules (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Olena 40 mg capsules, Fluoxetine 40 mg hard capsules (N06AB03 fluoxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Paroxetine 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Paroxetine 10 mg tablets (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Paroxetine 20 mg / 10 ml oral suspension, Seroxat 20 mg / 10 ml oral suspension (N06AB05 paroxetine) –
Paroxetine 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Paroxetine 20 mg film-coated tablets, Seroxat 20 mg film-coated tablets (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Paroxetine 20 mg tablets SPC (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Paroxetine 30 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Paroxetine 30 mg tablets SPC (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Paroxetine 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Paroxetine 40 mg tablets SPC (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Prozep 20 mg / 5 ml oral solution, Fluoxetine 20 mg / 5 ml oral solution (N06AB03 fluoxetine) –
Seroxat 10 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N06AB05 paroxetine) –
Seroxat 20 mg / 10 ml oral suspension SPC (N06AB05 paroxetine) Prescription only (POM)
Seroxat 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N06AB05 paroxetine) –
Seroxat 30 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (N06AB05 paroxetine) –
Sertraline 100 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Sertraline 100 mg tablets SPC (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Sertraline 150 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Sertraline 200 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Sertraline 25 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Sertraline 50 mg / 5 ml oral suspension SPC (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Sertraline 50 mg film-coated tablets SPC (N06AB06 sertraline) Prescription only (POM)
Sertraline 50 mg tablets (N06AB06 sertraline) 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 N06AB

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