ATC Group: C01BD Antiarrhythmics, class III

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 C01BD in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 C Cardiovascular system
2 C01 Cardiac therapy
3 C01B Antiarrhythmics, class I and III
4 C01BD Antiarrhythmics, class III

Group C01BD contents

Code Title
C01BD01 Amiodarone
C01BD02 Bretylium tosilate
C01BD03 Bunaftine
C01BD04 Dofetilide
C01BD05 Ibutilide
C01BD06 Tedisamil
C01BD07 Dronedarone

Active ingredients in C01BD

Active Ingredient Description
Amiodarone

Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication used to treat and prevent a number of types of irregular heartbeats. This includes ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF), and wide complex tachycardia, as well as atrial fibrillation and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.

Dronedarone

Dronedarone is a multichannel blocker inhibiting the potassium currents (including IK(Ach), IKur, IKr, IKs) and thus prolonging cardiac action potential and refractory periods (Class III). It also inhibits the sodium currents (Class Ib) and the calcium currents (Class IV). It non-competitively antagonises adrenergic activities (Class II).

Ibutilide

Ibutilide is a Class III antiarrhythmic agent available in intravenous formulations. It is indicated for the conversion of acute atrial flutter and recent onset atrial fibrillation to normal sinus rhythm (NSR).

Related product monographs

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