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
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V | Various | |
2
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V03 | All other therapeutic products | |
3
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V03A | All other therapeutic products | |
4
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V03AB | Antidotes | |
5
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V03AB34 | Fomepizole |
| Active Ingredient |
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Fomepizole is a competitive inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase. Alcohol dehydrogenase catalyzes the oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde and the initial steps in the metabolism of ethylene glycol and methanol to their toxic metabolites. Fomepizole is indicated as an antidote for ethylene glycol (such as antifreeze) or methanol poisoning (such as windshield washer fluid), or for use in suspected ethylene glycol or methanol ingestion, either alone or in combination with hemodialysis. |
| Document | Type | Information Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTIZOL Solution for injection | MPI, CA: SPM | Health Products and Food Branch (CA) |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.