ATC Group: D07XB Corticosteroids, moderately potent, other combinations

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 D07XB in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 D Dermatologicals
2 D07 Corticosteroids, dermatological preparations
3 D07X Corticosteroids, other combinations
4 D07XB Corticosteroids, moderately potent, other combinations

Group D07XB contents

Code Title
D07XB01 Flumetasone
D07XB02 Triamcinolone
D07XB03 Fluprednidene
D07XB04 Fluorometholone
D07XB05 Dexamethasone
D07XB30 Combinations of corticosteroids

Active ingredients in D07XB

Active Ingredient Description
Dexamethasone

Dexamethasone is a synthetic glucocorticoid; it combines high anti-inflammatory effects with low mineralocorticoid activity. It has an approximately 7 times greater anti-inflammatory potency than prednisolone, another commonly prescribed corticosteroid. At high doses it reduces the immune response.

Flumetasone
Fluorometholone

Fluorometholone is a synthetic corticosteroid (glucocorticoid), a derivative of desoxyprednisolone. It is a member of the group of universally known steroids used for the treatment of eye inflammation. Glucocorticosteroids bind to cytoplasmic receptors and control the synthesis of infection mediators thus damping inflammatory reactions (swelling, fibrin deposition, capillary dilatation, phagocyte migration) and also capillary proliferation, collagen deposition and scarring.

Fluprednidene acetate

Fluprednidene acetate belongs to a class of potent glucocorticoids. Several studies in animals have proven anti-allergic, anti-pruritic, anti-inflammatory properties of fluprednidene.

Triamcinolone

Triamcinolone acetonide is a more potent derivative of triamcinolone and is approximately 8 times more potent than prednisone. Although the precise mechanism of corticosteroid anti-allergic action is unknown, corticosteroids are very effective in the treatment of allergic diseases in man. Also, local injections are thought to have an anti-inflammatory effect.

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