ATC Group: P02B Antitrematodals

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 P02B in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 P Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents
2 P02 Anthelmintics
3 P02B Antitrematodals

Group P02B contents

Code Title
P02BA Quinoline derivatives and related substances
P02BB Organophosphorous compounds
P02BX Other antitrematodal agents

Active ingredients in P02B

Active Ingredient Description
Praziquantel

Praziquantel induces a rapid contraction of schistosomes by a specific effect on the permeability of the cell membrane. The medicine further causes vacuolisation and disintegration of the schistosome tegument.

Triclabendazole

Triclabendazole is an anthelmintic against Fasciola species, used for the treatment of fascioliasis.

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