ATC Group: N05AB04 Prochlorperazine

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 N05AB04 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 N Nervous system
2 N05 Psycholeptics
3 N05A Antipsychotics
4 N05AB Phenothiazines with piperazine structure
5 N05AB04 Prochlorperazine

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
ORAL - Oral 0.1 g
PAREN - Parenteral 50 mg
RECTAL - Rectal 0.1 g

Active ingredients in N05AB04

Active Ingredient Description
Prochlorperazine

Prochlorperazine belongs to the phenothiazine group. Prochlorperazine has a wide range of activity arising from its depressant actions on the CNS and its alpha-adrenergic blocking and weaker anti-muscarinic properties. It inhibits dopamine and prolactin-release-inhibitory factor, thus stimulating the release of prolactin.

Related product monographs

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