ATC Group: R03CB Non-selective beta-adrenoreceptor agonists

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 R03CB in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 R Respiratory system
2 R03 Drugs for obstructive airway diseases
3 R03C Adrenergics for systemic use
4 R03CB Non-selective beta-adrenoreceptor agonists

Group R03CB contents

Code Title
R03CB01 Isoprenaline
R03CB02 Methoxyphenamine
R03CB03 Orciprenaline
R03CB51 Isoprenaline, combinations
R03CB53 Orciprenaline, combinations

Active ingredients in R03CB

Active Ingredient Description
Isoprenaline

Isoprenaline is a potent non selective beta-adrenergic agonist with low affinity for alphaadrenergic receptors. Isoprenaline acts primarily on the heart and on smooth muscle of bronchi, skeletal muscle vasculature and the gastrointestinal tract.

Methoxyphenamine

Methoxyphenamine is a beta adrenergic receptor agonist nd is used as a bronchodilator to treat asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and postinfectious cough.

Metaproterenol

Orciprenaline sulphate is a bronchodilating agent. The bronchospasm associated with various pulmonary diseases-chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchial asthma, silicosis, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis and carcinoma of the lung, has been successfully reversed by therapy with orciprenaline sulphate.