ATC Group: M01AX05 Glucosamine

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 M01AX05 in the ATC hierarchy

Level	Code	Title
`1`	M	Musculo-skeletal system
`2`	M01	Antiinflammatory and antirheumatic products
`3`	M01A	Antiinflammatory and antirheumatic products, non-steroids
`4`	M01AX	Other antiinflammatory and antirheumatic agents, non-steroids
`5`	M01AX05	Glucosamine

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.

Code	Route	Amount	Notes
ORAL	Oral	1.5 g

Active ingredients in M01AX05

Active Ingredient
Glucosamine
Glucosamine is an endogenous substance, a normal constituent of the polysaccharide chains of cartilage matrix and synovial fluid glucosaminoglycans. In vitro and in vivo studies have shown glucosamine stimulates the synthesis of physiological glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans by chondrocytes and of hyaluronic acid by synoviocytes.