ATC Group: N06BX06 Citicoline

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 N06BX06 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 N Nervous system
2 N06 Psychoanaleptics
3 N06B Psychostimulants, agents used for ADHD and nootropics
4 N06BX Other psychostimulants and nootropics
5 N06BX06 Citicoline

Active ingredients in N06BX06

Active Ingredient Description
Citicoline

Citicoline stimulates the biosynthesis of structural phospholipids of the neuronal membrane. Citicoline, through this action, improves the function of the membrane mechanisms, such as the functioning of the ionic exchange pumps and receptors inserted in the latter, the modulation of which is indispensable in the neurotransmission.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
SOMAZINA Oral solution Medicines Authority (MT) MPI, EU: SmPC

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