ATC Group: R07AB05 Bemegride

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 R07AB05 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 R Respiratory system
2 R07 Other respiratory system products
3 R07A Other respiratory system products
4 R07AB Respiratory stimulants
5 R07AB05 Bemegride

Active ingredients in R07AB05

Active Ingredient Description
Bemegride

Bemegride is a CNS stimulant that is used to induce convulsions in experimental animals. It has also been used as a respiratory stimulant and in the treatment of barbiturate overdose. Bemegride is an antidote for barbiturate poisoning. Bemegride has being shown to have an antagonistic action on the GABAA receptor.