ATC Group: N06AA09 Amitriptyline

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 N06AA09 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 N Nervous system
2 N06 Psychoanaleptics
3 N06A Antidepressants
4 N06AA Non-selective monoamine reuptake inhibitors
5 N06AA09 Amitriptyline

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 75 mg
PAREN - Parenteral 75 mg

Active ingredients in N06AA09

Active Ingredient Description
Amitriptyline

Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant and an analgesic. It prevents the re-uptake, and hence the inactivation of noradrenaline and serotonin at nerve terminals. Reuptake prevention of these monoamine neurotransmitters potentiate their action in the brain. This appears to be associated with the antidepressant activity.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
AMDERIP Film-coated tablet Health Products Regulatory Authority (ZA) MPI, Generic
AMIROL Film-coated tablet Υπουργείο Υγείας (CY) MPI, EU: SmPC
ELAVIL Tablet Health Products and Food Branch (CA) MPI, CA: SPM
TREPILINE Film-coated tablet Health Products Regulatory Authority (ZA) MPI, Generic
VEIKIRIN Film-coated tablet Health Products Regulatory Authority (ZA) MPI, Generic

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