ATC Group: G04BE09 Vardenafil

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 G04BE09 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 G Genito urinary system and sex hormones
2 G04 Urologicals
3 G04B Other urologicals, incl. antispasmodics
4 G04BE Drugs used in erectile dysfunction
5 G04BE09 Vardenafil

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 10 mg

Active ingredients in G04BE09

Active Ingredient Description
Vardenafil

Vardenafil is a potent and selective inhibitor of the cGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), the most prominent PDE in the human corpus cavernosum. Vardenafil is an oral therapy for the improvement of erectile function in men with erectile dysfunction. In the natural setting, i.e. with sexual stimulation it restores impaired erectile function by increasing blood flow to the penis.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
LEVITRA Film-coated tablet European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC
STAXYN Tablet, orally disintegrating FDA, National Drug Code (US) MPI, US: SPL/PLR
VIVANZA Film-coated tablet European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC

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