ATC Group: N05BX Other anxiolytics

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 N05BX in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 N Nervous system
2 N05 Psycholeptics
3 N05B Anxiolytics
4 N05BX Other anxiolytics

Group N05BX contents

Code Title
N05BX01 Mephenoxalone
N05BX02 Gedocarnil
N05BX03 Etifoxine
N05BX04
N05BX05

Active ingredients in N05BX

Active Ingredient Description
Etifoxine

Etifoxine is a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic agent and acts as a GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator and as a ligand for translocator proteins. Both mechanisms are conjectured to contribute to its anxiolytic properties. Etifoxine primarily indicated for short-term management of adjustment disorder, specifically instances of situational depression accompanied by anxiety, such as stress-induced anxiety.

Mephenoxalone
Phenazepam

Related product monographs

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