ATC Group: N02AC03 Piritramide

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 N02AC03 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 N Nervous system
2 N02 Analgesics
3 N02A Opioids
4 N02AC Diphenylpropylamine derivatives
5 N02AC03 Piritramide

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.

Route Amount
PAREN - Parenteral 45 mg

Active ingredients in N02AC03

Active Ingredient Description
Piritramide

Piritramide is a pure ยต-opioid receptor agonist, which has a slightly less analgesic potency than morphine. Analgesia results from activation of the ยต-opioid receptors in the spine and the higher pain centres such as the thalamus and cerebral cortex, thereby raising the pain threshold and the sensitivity to pain.

Medicines in this ATC group

Austria (AT)

Netherlands (NL)

Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.