ATC Group: P02CB Piperazine and derivatives

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 P02CB in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 P Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents
2 P02 Anthelmintics
3 P02C Antinematodal agents
4 P02CB Piperazine and derivatives

Group P02CB contents

Code Title
P02CB01 Piperazine
P02CB02 Diethylcarbamazine

Active ingredients in P02CB

Active Ingredient Description
Diethylcarbamazine

Diethylcarbamazine citrate is a synthetic piperazine derivative with an antihelmintic action. MDA of diethylcarbamazine citrate has potential to interrupt the parasitic life cycle by destruction of microfilariae which are essential for host to vector transmission of the parasite.

Piperazine