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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | Nervous system | |
| 2 | N01 | Anesthetics | |
| 3 | N01A | Anesthetics, general | |
| 4 | N01AH | Opioid anesthetics | |
| 5 | N01AH03 | Sufentanil |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Sufentanil |
Sufentanil is a synthetic opioid analgesic drug approximately 5 to 10 times as potent as its parent drug, fentanyl, and 500 times as potent as morphine. Structurally, sufentanil differs from fentanyl through the addition of a methoxymethyl group on the piperidine ring (which is believed to reduce duration of action), and the replacement of the phenyl ring by thiophene. The main use of this medication is in operating suites and critical care where pain relief is required for a short period of time. It also offers properties of sedation and this makes it a good analgesic component of anesthetic regimen during an operation |
| Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DZUVEO Sublingual tablet | European Medicines Agency (EU) | MPI, EU: SmPC | |
| SOFENTIL Solution for injection / infusion | Web Search | MPI, EU: SmPC | |
| SUFENTA Solution for injection / infusion | Health Products Regulatory Authority (ZA) | MPI, Generic | |
| ZALVISO Sublingual tablet | European Medicines Agency (EU) | MPI, EU: SmPC |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.
