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N06DA Anticholinesterase anti-dementia drugs

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: medicines for dementia, e.g. Alzheimer's disease

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 128 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. N06D Anti-dementia drugs 193 medicines
        1. N06DA Anticholinesterase anti-dementia drugs 128 medicines
          1. N06DA02 donepezil 15 medicines
          2. N06DA03 rivastigmine 80 medicines
          3. N06DA04 galantamine 33 medicines

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

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Rivastigmine DR. Reddys 4.5 mg hard capsules SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Hexal SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Rivastigmine Luye 4.6 mg/24 h transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Rivastigmine Luye 9.5 mg/24 h transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Rivastigmine Luye twice weekly 4.6 mg / 24 h transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Rivastigmine Luye twice weekly 9.5 mg / 24 h transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Rivastigmine Mylan 1.5 mg hard capsules (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Mylan 3 mg hard capsules (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Mylan 4.5 mg hard capsules SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Mylan 6 mg hard capsules no longer supplied (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Rivastigmine Rosemont 2 mg / ml oral solution SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Rivastigmine Sandoz 1.5 mg hard capsules SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Sandoz 13.3 mg/24H transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Sandoz 2 mg / ml oral solution SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Rivastigmine Sandoz 3 mg hard capsules SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Sandoz 4.5 mg hard capsules SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Sandoz 4.6 mg/24H transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Sandoz 6 mg hard capsules SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Sandoz 9.5 mg/24H transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Strides 4.6 mg/24H transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Strides 9.5 mg/24H transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) Prescription only (POM)
Rivastigmine Teva SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Tevastig 13.3 mg/24 h transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Voleze 13.3 mg / 24 h transdermal patch SPC no longer supplied (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Voleze 4.6 mg / 24 h transdermal patch SPC no longer supplied (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Voleze 9.5 mg / 24 h transdermal patch SPC no longer supplied (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Xypatch XL 4.6 mg / 24 h transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –
Xypatch XL 9.5 mg / 24 h transdermal patch SPC (N06DA03 rivastigmine) –

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 N06DA

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