The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
| Level | Code | Title | |
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A | Alimentary tract and metabolism | |
2
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A03 | Drugs for functional gastrointestinal disorders | |
3
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A03B | BELLADONNA AND DERIVATIVES, PLAIN | |
4
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A03BB | Belladonna alkaloids, semisynthetic, quaternary ammonium compounds |
| Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| A03BB01 | Butylscopolamine | |
| A03BB02 | Methylatropine | |
| A03BB03 | Methylscopolamine | |
| A03BB04 | Fentonium | |
| A03BB05 | Cimetropium bromide | |
| A03BB06 |
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Butropium is a quaternary ammonium antimuscarinic with peripheral effects similar to those of atropine. It is indicated to treat pain caused by gastrointestinal inflammation and ulcers, or diseases of the gallbladder. |
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Butylscopolamine is an antispasmodic agent which relaxes smooth muscle of the organs of the abdominal and pelvic cavities. It is believed to act predominantly on the intramural parasympathetic ganglia of these organs. |
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Methscopolamine is an anticholinergic. The mechanism of action of methscopolamine is as a cholinergic antagonist. |
| Document | Type | Information Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSCOPAN Coated tablet | MPI, EU: SmPC | Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) | |
| BUSCOPAN Solution for injection | MPI, EU: SmPC | Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) | |
| BYSIMIN Solution for injection | MPI, EU: SmPC | ||
| DIVIDOL Coated tablet | MPI, EU: SmPC | Υπουργείο Υγείας (CY) |