ATC Group: V10B Pain palliation (bone seeking agents)

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 V10B in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 V Various
2 V10 Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals
3 V10B Pain palliation (bone seeking agents)

Group V10B contents

Code Title
V10BX Various pain palliation radiopharmaceuticals

Active ingredients in V10B

Active Ingredient Description
Samarium ¹⁵³Sm lexidronam

Samarium has an affinity for skeletal tissue and concentrates in areas of bone turnover in intimate association with hydroxyapatite. It is indicated for the relief of bone pain in patients with multiple painful osteoblastic skeletal metastases which take up technetium (99mTc)-labelled biphosphonates on bone scan.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
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