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 | N | Nervous system | |
2 | N01 | Anesthetics | |
3 | N01A | Anesthetics, general | |
4 | N01AH | Opioid anesthetics | |
5 | N01AH04 | Phenoperidine |
Active Ingredient | Description | |
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Phenoperidine |
Phenoperidine is an opioid analgesic which is structurally related to pethidine (derivative of isonipecotic acid) and is used clinically as a general anesthetic. |