ATC Group: N02AA11 Oxymorphone

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 N02AA11 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 N Nervous system
2 N02 Analgesics
3 N02A Opioids
4 N02AA Natural opium alkaloids
5 N02AA11

Active ingredients in N02AA11

Active Ingredient Description
Oxymorphone

Oxymorphone is a full opioid agonist and is relatively selective for the mu-opioid receptor, although it can bind to other opioid receptors at higher doses. The principal therapeutic action of oxymorphone is analgesia. The precise mechanism of the analgesic action is unknown. However, specific CNS opioid receptors for endogenous compounds with opioid-like activity have been identified throughout the brain and spinal cord and are thought to play a role in the analgesic effects of this drug.