ATC Group: M03AC03 Vecuronium

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 M03AC03 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 M Musculo-skeletal system
2 M03 Muscle relaxants
3 M03A Muscle relaxants, peripherally acting agents
4 M03AC Other quaternary ammonium compounds
5 M03AC03 Vecuronium

Active ingredients in M03AC03

Active Ingredient Description
Vecuronium

Vecuronium is a non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking agent. Vecuronium blocks the transmission process between the motor nerve-ending and striated muscle by binding competitively with acetylcholine to the nicotinic receptors located in the motor end-plate region of striated muscle.

Medicines in this ATC group

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