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 | M | Musculo-skeletal system | |
2 | M04 | Antigout preparations | |
3 | M04A | Antigout preparations | |
4 | M04AX | Other antigout preparations | |
5 | M04AX02 |
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 |
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PAREN - Parenteral | 0.57 mg |
Active Ingredient | Description | |
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Pegloticase |
Pegloticase is a uric acid specific enzyme which is a recombinant uricase and achieves its therapeutic effect by catalyzing the oxidation of uric acid to allantoin, thereby lowering serum uric acid. Allantoin is an inert and water soluble purine metabolite; it is readily eliminated, primarily by renal excretion. |
Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
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KRYSTEXXA Solution for infusion | FDA, National Drug Code (US) | MPI, US: SPL/PLR |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.