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 | B | Blood and blood forming organs | |
| 2 | B03 | Antianemic preparations | |
| 3 | B03A | Iron preparations | |
| 4 | B03AD | Iron in combination with folic acid | |
| 5 | B03AD02 | Ferrous fumarate and folic acid |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrous fumarate |
Ferrous fumarate is an easily absorbed source of iron for replacement therapy. It is a salt of ferrous iron with an organic acid and is less irritant to the gastro-intestinal tract than salts with inorganic acids. Iron and iron salts should be given for the treatment or prophylaxis of iron deficiency anaemias. |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.
