ATC Group: M03C Muscle relaxants, directly acting agents

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 M03C in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 M Musculo-skeletal system
2 M03 Muscle relaxants
3 M03C Muscle relaxants, directly acting agents

Group M03C contents

Code Title
M03CA Dantrolene and derivatives

Active ingredients in M03C

Active Ingredient Description
Dantrolene

The receptor molecule for dantrolene has not been identified. Dantrolene inhibits the binding of ryanodine. Under some conditions, dantrolene will lower intra-sarcoplasmic calcium concentrations in the resting state. This may be more important in diseased muscle (e.g. In malignant hyperthermia in humans and swine stress syndrome) than in muscle with normal function.

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