ATC Group: A03BB Belladonna alkaloids, semisynthetic, quaternary ammonium compounds

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 A03BB in the ATC hierarchy

Level
Code
Title
1
Alimentary tract and metabolism
2
Drugs for functional gastrointestinal disorders
3
BELLADONNA AND DERIVATIVES, PLAIN
4
A03BB
Belladonna alkaloids, semisynthetic, quaternary ammonium compounds

Group A03BB contents

Code
Title
Butylscopolamine
Methylatropine
Methylscopolamine
Fentonium
Cimetropium bromide

Active ingredients in A03BB

Active Ingredient
Description

Butropium is a quaternary ammonium antimuscarinic with peripheral effects similar to those of atropine. It is indicated to treat pain caused by gastrointestinal inflammation and ulcers, or diseases of the gallbladder.

Butylscopolamine is an antispasmodic agent which relaxes smooth muscle of the organs of the abdominal and pelvic cavities. It is believed to act predominantly on the intramural parasympathetic ganglia of these organs.

Methscopolamine is an anticholinergic. The mechanism of action of methscopolamine is as a cholinergic antagonist.

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