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 | A11 | Vitamins | |
3 | A11H | Other plain vitamin preparations | |
4 | A11HA | Other plain vitamin preparations | |
5 | A11HA03 | Tocopherol (vit E) |
The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. The DDD is a unit of measurement and does not necessarily reflect the recommended or Prescribed Daily Dose. Therapeutic doses for individual patients and patient groups will often differ from the DDD as they will be based on individual characteristics (such as age, weight, ethnic differences, type and severity of disease) and pharmacokinetic considerations.
Route | Amount |
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ORAL - Oral | 0.2 g |
PAREN - Parenteral | 0.2 g |
Active Ingredient | Description | |
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Vitamin E |
Vitamin E is known to exert an important physiological function as an antioxidant for fats, with a sparing action on vitamin A, carotenoids and on unsaturated fatty acids. Other work has demonstrated that vitamin E is connected with the maintenance of certain factors essential for the normal metabolic cycle. |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.