ATC Group: N01BX01 Ethyl chloride

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 N01BX01 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 N Nervous system
2 N01 Anesthetics
3 N01B Anesthetics, local
4 N01BX Other local anesthetics
5 N01BX01 Ethyl chloride

Active ingredients in N01BX01

Active Ingredient Description
Chloroethane

Chloroethane, commonly known by its old name ethyl chloride, is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3CH2Cl, once widely used in producing tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive.