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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V | Various | |
| 2 | V03 | All other therapeutic products | |
| 3 | V03A | All other therapeutic products | |
| 4 | V03AB | Antidotes | |
| 5 | V03AB08 | Sodium nitrite |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite |
Sodium nitrite is indicated for sequential use with sodium thiosulfate for the treatment of acute cyanide poisoning that is judged to be life-threatening. Sodium nitrite is thought to exert its therapeutic effect by reacting with hemoglobin to form methemoglobin, an oxidized form of hemoglobin incapable of oxygen transport but with high affinity for cyanide. |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.
