ATC Group: J01CR Combinations of penicillins, incl. beta-lactamase inhibitors

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 J01CR in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 J Antiinfectives for systemic use
2 J01 Antibacterials for systemic use
3 J01C Beta-lactam antibacterials, penicillins
4 J01CR Combinations of penicillins, incl. beta-lactamase inhibitors

Group J01CR contents

Code Title
J01CR01 Ampicillin and enzyme inhibitor
J01CR02 Amoxicillin and enzyme inhibitor
J01CR03 Ticarcillin and enzyme inhibitor
J01CR04 Sultamicillin
J01CR05 Piperacillin and enzyme inhibitor
J01CR50 Combinations of penicillins

Active ingredients in J01CR

Active Ingredient

Clavulanic acid is a beta-lactam structurally related to penicillins. It inactivates some beta-lactamase enzymes thereby preventing inactivation of amoxicillin.

Sultamicillin is the tosylate salt of the double ester of sulbactam plus ampicillin. Sulbactam is a semisynthetic beta-lactamase inhibitor which, in combination with ampicillin, extends the antibacterial activity of the latter to include some beta-lactamase-producing strains of bacteria that would otherwise be resistant.

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