ATC Group: A12B Potassium

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.

Position of A12B in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 A Alimentary tract and metabolism
2 A12 Mineral supplements
3 A12B Potassium

Group A12B contents

Code Title
A12BA Potassium

Active ingredients in A12B

Active Ingredient Description
Potassium bicarbonate
Potassium chloride

Potassium plays a vital physiological role in maintenance of normal electrical excitability of nerve and muscle. It is also important in the genesis and correction of imbalances of acid-base metabolism.

Potassium citrate

Citrate and citric acid solutions are systematic and urinary alkalinizers thereby providing symptomatic relief of dysuria.

Potassium gluconate
Potassium hydrogentartrate
Caustic potash
Potassium

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