ATC Group: B02BC Local hemostatics

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 B02BC in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 B Blood and blood forming organs
2 B02 Antihemorrhagics
3 B02B Vitamin K and other hemostatics
4 B02BC Local hemostatics

Group B02BC contents

Code Title
B02BC01 Absorbable gelatin sponge
B02BC02 Oxidized cellulose
B02BC03 Tetragalacturonic acid hydroxymethylester
B02BC05 Adrenalone
B02BC06 Thrombin
B02BC07 Collagen
B02BC08 Calcium alginate
B02BC09 Epinephrine
B02BC30 Combinations

Active ingredients in B02BC

Active Ingredient Description
Adrenalone

Adrenalone is a keton form of the natural substrate epinephrine. an adrenergic agonist that mainly acts on alpha-1 adrenergic receptors and has little affinity for beta receptors. Adrenalone inhibits the norepinephrine synthesis and dopamine beta oxidase. It is known to have very weak sympathomimetic activity when compared to adrenaline. Adrenalone has the high radioprotective effect. It is a topical nasal decongestant. Adrenalone has hemostatic, sympathomimetic and vasoconstrictor therapeutic functions.

Collagen
Epinephrine

Epinephrine is a direct acting sympathomimetic agent, which exerts effects on both α and β adrenoceptors. It has more pronounced effects on β than on α adrenoceptors, although α effects prevail at high doses. The effects of adrenaline include increased rate and force of cardiac contraction, cutaneous vasoconstriction and broncho-dilatation.

Thrombin

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