ATC Group: V08AA Watersoluble, nephrotropic, high osmolar X-ray contrast media

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 V08AA in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 V Various
2 V08 Contrast media
3 V08A X-ray contrast media, iodinated
4 V08AA Watersoluble, nephrotropic, high osmolar X-ray contrast media

Group V08AA contents

Code Title
V08AA01 Diatrizoic acid
V08AA02 Metrizoic acid
V08AA03 Iodamide
V08AA04 Iotalamic acid
V08AA05 Ioxitalamic acid
V08AA06 Ioglicic acid
V08AA07 Acetrizoic acid
V08AA08 Iocarmic acid
V08AA09 Methiodal
V08AA10 Diodone

Active ingredients in V08AA

Active Ingredient

Iotalamic acid is intended for use as a diagnostic radiopaque medium. It is used in excretory urography, cerebral angiography, peripheral arteriography, venography, arthrography, direct cholangiography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, contrast enhancement of computed tomographic brain images, cranial computerized angiotomography, intravenous digital subtraction angiography and arterial digital subtraction angiography.

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