ATC Group: R02AD02 Lidocaine

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 R02AD02 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 R Respiratory system
2 R02 Throat preparations
3 R02A Throat preparations
4 R02AD Anesthetics, local
5 R02AD02 Lidocaine

Active ingredients in R02AD02

Active Ingredient Description
Lidocaine

Lidocaine, like other local anaesthetics, causes a reversible blockade of impulse propagation along nerve fibres by preventing the inward movement of sodium ions through the nerve membrane. Local anaesthetics of the amide-type are thought to act within the sodium channels of the nerve membrane.

Medicines in this ATC group

Austria (AT)

Estonia (EE)

Lithuania (LT)

Singapore (SG)

Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.

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