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.
| Level | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents | |
| 2 | P02 | Anthelmintics | |
| 3 | P02C | Antinematodal agents | |
| 4 | P02CC | Tetrahydropyrimidine derivatives |
| Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| P02CC01 | Pyrantel | |
| P02CC02 | Oxantel |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Pyrantel |
Pyrantel acts as a cholinergic agonist. Its mode of action is to stimulate nicotinic cholinergic receptors of the parasite, induce spastic paralysis of the nematodes and thereby allow removal from the gastro intestinal (GI) system by peristalsis. |
