ATC Group: C01BB02 Mexiletine

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 C01BB02 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 C Cardiovascular system
2 C01 Cardiac therapy
3 C01B Antiarrhythmics, class I and III
4 C01BB Antiarrhythmics, class Ib
5 C01BB02 Mexiletine

Defined daily dose

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
ORAL - Oral 0.8 g
PAREN - Parenteral 0.8 g

Active ingredients in C01BB02

Active Ingredient Description
Mexiletine

Mexiletine blocks sodium channels with a stronger potency in situations of excessive burst of action potentials (use-dependent block) and/or prolonged depolarization (voltage-dependent block), as occurring in diseased tissues, rather than on physiological excitability (resting or tonic block). Mexiletine is, therefore, mostly active on muscle fibres subject to repeated discharges (such as skeletal muscles). It improves myotonic symptoms by decreasing muscle stiffness through reduction of the delay of muscle relaxation.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
NAMUSCLA Hard capsule European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC

Medicines in this ATC group

Austria (AT)

Croatia (HR)

Estonia (EE)

France (FR)

Ireland (IE)

Italy (IT)

Japan (JP)

Lithuania (LT)

Malta (MT)

Poland (PL)

United Kingdom (UK)

Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.