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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Alimentary tract and metabolism | |
| 2 | A10 | Drugs used in diabetes | |
| 3 | A10B | Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins | |
| 4 | A10BD | Combinations of oral blood glucose lowering drugs | |
| 5 | A10BD05 | Metformin and pioglitazone |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Metformin and Pioglitazone |
Combination of two antihyperglycaemic active substances with complementary mechanisms of action to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: pioglitazone, a member of the thiazolidinedione class and metformin hydrochloride, a member of the biguanide class. Thiazolidinediones act primarily by reducing insulin resistance and biguanides act primarily by decreasing endogenous hepatic glucose production. |
| Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPETACT Film-coated tablet | European Medicines Agency (EU) | MPI, EU: SmPC |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.
