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R03AC13 formoterol

ATC group of level 5 – chemical substance · in plain English: inhalers opening the airways, for asthma and COPD

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 21 medicines in this group.

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

Place in the ATC classification

How to read ATC codes – what the levels mean and what a code does not tell you.

  1. R Respiratory system drugs 808 medicines
    1. R03 Drugs for obstructive airway diseases 399 medicines
      1. R03A Adrenergics, inhalants 215 medicines
        1. R03AC Selective beta-2-adrenoreceptor agonist inhalants 82 medicines
          1. R03AC13 formoterol 21 medicines

Medicines

MedicineLegal category
Atimos Modulite 12 micrograms pressurised inhalation solution SPC Prescription only (POM)
Easyhaler Formoterol 12 micrograms / dose inhalation powder SPC Prescription only (POM)
Foradil 12 mcg capsules SPC no longer supplied –
Foradil 12 micrograms inhalation capsules, Formoterol Fumarate 12 micrograms inhalation capsules Prescription only (POM)
Formatris Novolizer 12 micrograms per actuation inhalation powder SPC –
Formatris Novolizer 6 micrograms per actuation inhalation powder SPC –
FORMOTEROL EASYHALER 12 MICROGRAMS/DOSE INHALATION POWDER Prescription only (POM)
Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate 12 micrograms Turbohaler inhalation powder, Oxis 12 Turbohaler inhalation powder Prescription only (POM)
Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate 6 micrograms Turbohaler,Oxis 6 Turbohaler Prescription only (POM)
Oxis 12 Turbohaler Prescription only (POM)
Oxis 6 Turbohaler Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 12 Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 12 inhalation powder SPC Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 12 micrograms Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 12 micrograms inhalation powder Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 12 micrograms per dose inhalation powder Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 6 Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 6 inhalation powder SPC Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 6 micrograms Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 6 micrograms per dose inhalation powder Prescription only (POM)
Oxis Turbohaler 6,Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate 6 micrograms Turbohaler 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 R03AC13

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