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 | V09 | Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals | |
| 3 | V09D | Hepatic and reticulo endothelial system | |
| 4 | V09DX | Other hepatic and reticulo endothelial system diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals |
| Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| V09DX01 | Selenium (75Se) tauroselcholic acid |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Selenium ⁷⁵Se tauroselcholic acid |
Tauroselcholic acid is a bile acid analogue which shows identical physiological behaviour with naturally occurring bile acid conjugates. At the chemical concentrations and activities used for diagnostic procedures [75Se]tauroselcholic acid does not appear to exert any pharmacodynamic effects. It is used for the investigation of bile acid malabsorption and measurement of bile acid pool loss. |
| Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEHCAT Capsule, hard | Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE) | MPI, EU: SmPC |
