ATC Group: C02CC Guanidine derivatives

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 C02CC in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 C Cardiovascular system
2 C02 Antihypertensives
3 C02C Antiadrenergic agents, peripherally acting
4 C02CC Guanidine derivatives

Group C02CC contents

Code Title
C02CC01 Betanidine
C02CC02 Guanethidine
C02CC03 Guanoxan
C02CC04 Debrisoquine
C02CC05 Guanoclor
C02CC06 Guanazodine
C02CC07 Guanoxabenz

Active ingredients in C02CC

Active Ingredient Description
Betanidine

Betanidine is a post-ganglionic adrenergic neurone-blocking agent which exerts a marked postural hypotensive effect.

Guanethidine

Guanethidine is a antihypertensive drug. It is believed to act mainly by preventing the release of norepinephrine at nerve endings and causes depletion of norepinephrine in peripheral sympathetic nerve terminals as well as in tissues. It is taken up by norepinephrine transporters. It becomes concentrated in norepinephrine transmitter vesicles, replacing norepinephrine in these vesicles.