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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1 | A | Alimentary tract and metabolism | |
2 | A10 | Drugs used in diabetes | |
3 | A10B | Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins | |
4 | A10BX | Other blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins | |
5 | A10BX05 | Pramlintide |
Active Ingredient | Description | |
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Pramlintide |
Pramlintide is an analog of human amylin. In human studies, pramlintide, acting as an amylin analog, slows gastric emptying, reduces the postprandial rise in plasma glucagon, and modulates satiety leading to decreased caloric intake. |