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 | |
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1 | V | Various | |
2 | V03 | All other therapeutic products | |
3 | V03A | All other therapeutic products | |
4 | V03AE | Drugs for treatment of hyperkalemia and hyperphosphatemia | |
5 | V03AE06 |
Active Ingredient | Description | |
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Colestilan |
Colestilan is a non-absorbed, non-calcium, non-metallic phosphate-binding polymer. The binding sites become partially protonated in the stomach and interact through ionic and hydrogen bonding with both dietary phosphate anions and bile acids in the duodenum. By binding phosphate from food in the digestive tract, colestilan lowers the serum phosphorus concentration. Colestilan also binds bile acids, thereby lowering the serum LDL-cholesterol concentration. |
Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
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BINDREN Film-coated tablet | European Medicines Agency (EU) | MPI, EU: SmPC |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.