ATC Group: C02KX05 Riociguat

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 C02KX05 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 C Cardiovascular system
2 C02 Antihypertensives
3 C02K Other antihypertensives
4 C02KX Antihypertensives for pulmonary arterial hypertension
5 C02KX05

Defined daily dose

The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. The DDD is a unit of measurement and does not necessarily reflect the recommended or Prescribed Daily Dose. Therapeutic doses for individual patients and patient groups will often differ from the DDD as they will be based on individual characteristics (such as age, weight, ethnic differences, type and severity of disease) and pharmacokinetic considerations.

Route Amount
ORAL - Oral 4.5 mg

Active ingredients in C02KX05

Active Ingredient Description
Riociguat

Riociguat is a stimulator of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), an enzyme in the cardiopulmonary system and the receptor for nitric oxide (NO). Riociguat restores the NO-sGC-cGMP pathway and leads to increased generation of cGMP.

Related product monographs

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

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