ATC Group: A10BD05 Metformin and pioglitazone

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 A10BD05 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 A Alimentary tract and metabolism
2 A10 Drugs used in diabetes
3 A10B Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins
4 A10BD Combinations of oral blood glucose lowering drugs
5 A10BD05 Metformin and pioglitazone

Active ingredients in A10BD05

Active Ingredient Description
Metformin and Pioglitazone

Combination of two antihyperglycaemic active substances with complementary mechanisms of action to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: pioglitazone, a member of the thiazolidinedione class and metformin hydrochloride, a member of the biguanide class. Thiazolidinediones act primarily by reducing insulin resistance and biguanides act primarily by decreasing endogenous hepatic glucose production.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
COMPETACT Film-coated tablet European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC

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