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 | D | Dermatologicals | |
2 | D07 | Corticosteroids, dermatological preparations | |
3 | D07X | Corticosteroids, other combinations | |
4 | D07XB | Corticosteroids, moderately potent, other combinations |
Code | Title | |
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D07XB01 | Flumetasone | |
D07XB02 | Triamcinolone | |
D07XB03 | Fluprednidene | |
D07XB04 | Fluorometholone | |
D07XB05 | Dexamethasone | |
D07XB30 | Combinations of corticosteroids |
Active Ingredient | Description | |
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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. |
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Flumetasone |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
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DECADRON Oral solution | FDA, National Drug Code (US) | MPI, US: SPL/Old | |
NYSTALOCAL Cream | Υπουργείο Υγείας (CY) | MPI, EU: SmPC |