ATC Group: N01BA05 Benzocaine

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 N01BA05 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 N Nervous system
2 N01 Anesthetics
3 N01B Anesthetics, local
4 N01BA Esters of aminobenzoic acid
5 N01BA05 Benzocaine

Active ingredients in N01BA05

Active Ingredient Description
Benzocaine

Benzocaine is a local anaesthetic of the ester type, acting to produce reversible loss of sensation by preventing or diminishing the generation and transmission of sensory nerve impulses near the site of application. Depolarisation of the neuronal membrane and ion exchange are reversibly inhibited.

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