ATC Group: N06BX03 Piracetam

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 N06BX03 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 N Nervous system
2 N06 Psychoanaleptics
3 N06B Psychostimulants, agents used for ADHD and nootropics
4 N06BX Other psychostimulants and nootropics
5 N06BX03 Piracetam

Defined daily dose

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
ORAL - Oral 2.4 g
PAREN - Parenteral 6 g

Active ingredients in N06BX03

Active Ingredient Description
Piracetam

Piracetam’s mode of action in cortical myoclonus is as yet unknown. Piracetam exerts its haemorrheological effects on the platelets, red blood cells, and vessel walls by increasing erythrocyte deformability and by decreasing platelet aggregation, erythrocyte adhesion to vessel walls and capillary vasospasm.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
NOOTROPIL Film-coated tablet / Oral solution / Solution for injection Υπουργείο Υγείας (CY) MPI, EU: SmPC

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