A07A Intestinal anti-infectives

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Antibiotic An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of ...
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Natamycin Natamycin, also known as pimaricin, is an antifungal medication used to treat fungal infections around the eye. This includes infections of the eyelids, conjunctiva, and cornea. It is used as eyedrops. Natamycin is also used in the food industr ...

:A07AA04 Streptomycin :A07AA05 Polymyxin B :A07AA06

Paromomycin Paromomycin is an antimicrobial used to treat a number of parasitic infections including amebiasis, giardiasis, leishmaniasis, and tapeworm infection. It is a first-line treatment for amebiasis or giardiasis during pregnancy. Otherwise it is g ...

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Amphotericin B Amphotericin B is an antifungal medication used for serious fungal infections and leishmaniasis. The fungal infections it is used to treat include mucormycosis, aspergillosis, blastomycosis, candidiasis, coccidioidomycosis, and cryptococcosis. Fo ...

:A07AA08 Kanamycin :A07AA09

Vancomycin Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections. It is recommended intravenously as a treatment for complicated skin infections, bloodstream infections, endocarditis, bone and joint infections, ...

:A07AA10 Colistin :A07AA11

Rifaximin Rifaximin, is a non-absorbable, broad spectrum antibiotic mainly used to treat travelers' diarrhea. It is based on the rifamycin antibiotics family. Since its approval in Italy in 1987, it has been licensed in over more than 30 countries for the ...

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Fidaxomicin Fidaxomicin, sold under the brand name Dificid among others, is the first member of a class of narrow spectrum macrocyclic antibiotic drugs called tiacumicins. It is a fermentation product obtained from the actinomycete ''Dactylosporangium aurant ...

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Rifamycin The rifamycins are a group of antibiotics that are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium ''Amycolatopsis rifamycinica'' or artificially. They are a subclass of the larger family of ansamycins. Rifamycins are particularly effective again ...

:A07AA51 Neomycin, combinations :A07AA54 Streptomycin, combinations :QA07AA90

Dihydrostreptomycin Dihydrostreptomycin is a derivative of streptomycin that has a bactericidal properties. It is a semisynthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic used in the treatment of tuberculosis. It acts by irreversibly binding the S12 protein in the bacterial 30S r ...

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Gentamicin Gentamicin is an antibiotic used to treat several types of bacterial infections. This may include bone infections, endocarditis, pelvic inflammatory disease, meningitis, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and sepsis among others. It is not e ...

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Bacitracin Bacitracin is a polypeptide antibiotic. It is a mixture of related cyclic peptides produced by ''Bacillus licheniformis'' bacteria, that was first isolated from the variety "Tracy I" ( ATCC 10716) in 1945. These peptides disrupt Gram-positive bac ...

:QA07AA94 Enramycin :QA07AA95 Avilamycin :QA07AA96

Bambermycin Bambermycin (flavomycin) is a complex of antibiotics obtained from ''Streptomyces bambergiensis'' and '' Streptomyces ghanaensis'' used as a food additive for beef cattle, dairy cattle, poultry and swine. The complex consists mainly of moenomyc ...

:QA07AA98 Colistin, combinations with other antibacterials :QA07AA99 Antibiotics, combinations

A07AB
Sulfonamide In organic chemistry, the sulfonamide functional group (also spelled sulphonamide) is an organosulfur group with the structure . It consists of a sulfonyl group () connected to an amine group (). Relatively speaking this group is unreactive. ...
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Phthalylsulfathiazole Phthalylsulfathiazole (also known as sulfathalidine) belongs to the group of drugs called sulfonamides. The drug is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial that can treat different types of infections including intestinal. The mechanism of action depend ...

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Sulfaguanidine Sulfaguanidine is a sulfonamide. Sulfaguanidine is a guanidine derivative of sulfanilamide used in veterinary medicine. Sulfaguanidine is poorly absorbed from the gut but is well suited for the treatment of bacillary dysentery and other enteric ...

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Succinylsulfathiazole Succinylsulfathiazole (also known as sulfasuxidine) is a sulfonamide. It is also spelled as succinylsulphathiazole. It is a white or yellow-white crystalline powder. It dissolves in aqueous solutions of alkali hydroxides and carbonates but is ver ...

:QA07AB20 Sulfonamides, combinations :QA07AB90 Formosulfathiazole :QA07AB92 Phthalylsulfathiazole, combinations :QA07AB99 Combinations

A07AC
Imidazole Imidazole (ImH) is an organic compound with the formula C3N2H4. It is a white or colourless solid that is soluble in water, producing a mildly alkaline solution. In chemistry, it is an aromatic heterocycle, classified as a diazole Diazole refers ...
derivatives

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Miconazole Miconazole, sold under the brand name Monistat among others, is an antifungal medication used to treat ring worm, pityriasis versicolor, and yeast infections of the skin or vagina. It is used for ring worm of the body, groin (jock itch), and fee ...

A07AX Other intestinal anti-infectives

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Broxyquinoline Broxyquinoline is an antiprotozoal agent. An association with exercise intolerance Exercise intolerance is a condition of inability or decreased ability to perform physical exercise at the normally expected level or duration for people of that ...

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Acetarsol Acetarsol (or acetarsone) is an anti- infective drug. It was first discovered in 1921 at Pasteur Institute by Ernest Fourneau, and sold under the brand name Stovarsol. It has been given in the form of suppositories. Acetarsol can be used to ma ...

:A07AX03 Nifuroxazide :A07AX04

Nifurzide Nifurzide is a nitrofuran derivative and intestinal anti-infectious agent active against ''Escherichia coli ''Escherichia coli'' (),Wells, J. C. (2000) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow ngland Pearson Education Ltd. also known as '' ...

:QA07AX90 Poly(2-propenal, 2-propenoic acid) :QA07AX91 Halquinol

A07B Intestinal adsorbents

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Charcoal Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents. In the traditional version of this pyrolysis process, cal ...
preparations

:A07BA01 Medicinal charcoal :A07BA51 Medicinal charcoal, combinations

A07BB Bismuth preparations

A07BC Other intestinal adsorbents

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Pectin Pectin ( grc, πηκτικός ': "congealed" and "curdled") is a heteropolysaccharide, a structural acid contained in the primary lamella, in the middle lamella, and in the cell walls of terrestrial plants. The principal, chemical component of ...

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Kaolin Kaolinite ( ) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4. It is an important industrial mineral. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet of silica () linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral ...

:A07BC03 Crospovidone :A07BC04

Attapulgite Palygorskite or attapulgite is a magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate with the chemical formula ) that occurs in a type of clay soil common to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the types of fuller's earth. Some smaller deposits of this ...

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Diosmectite Diosmectite (brand names Smecta, Smecdral) is a natural silicate of aluminium and magnesium used as an intestinal adsorbent in the treatment of several gastrointestinal diseases, including infectious and non-infectious acute and chronic diarrhoea ...

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A07C
Electrolyte An electrolyte is a medium containing ions that is electrically conducting through the movement of those ions, but not conducting electrons. This includes most soluble salts, acids, and bases dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water. Upon dis ...
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carbohydrate In organic chemistry, a carbohydrate () is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where ''m'' may or ma ...
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A07CA Oral rehydration salt formulations

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QA07CQ Oral rehydration formulations for veterinary use

:QA07CQ01 Oral electrolytes :QA07CQ02 Oral electrolytes and carbohydrates

A07D
Antipropulsive An antipropulsive is a drug used in the treatment of diarrhea. It does not address the underlying cause (for example, infection or malabsorption), but it does decrease motility. Examples include diphenoxylate, loperamide, and eluxadoline Eluxa ...
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A07DA Antipropulsives

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Opium Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: ''Lachryma papaveris'') is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which i ...

:A07DA03 Loperamide :A07DA04

Difenoxin Difenoxin (Motofen, R-15403) is an opioid drug used, often in combination with atropine, to treat diarrhea. It is the principal metabolite of diphenoxylate. It was first approved in the US in 1978 and in 1980 in the former West Germany. Difeno ...

:A07DA05 Loperamide oxide :A07DA06

Eluxadoline Eluxadoline, sold under the brand names Viberzi and Truberzi, is a medication taken by mouth for the treatment of diarrhea and abdominal pain in individuals with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D). It was approved for use in t ...

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Morphine Morphine is a strong opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin in poppies (''Papaver somniferum''). It is mainly used as a analgesic, pain medication, and is also commonly used recreational drug, recreationally, or to make ...

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A07E Intestinal anti-inflammatory agents

A07EA Corticosteroids acting locally

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Prednisolone Prednisolone is a steroid medication used to treat certain types of allergies, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, and cancers. Some of these conditions include adrenocortical insufficiency, high blood calcium, rheumatoid arthrit ...

:A07EA02 Hydrocortisone :A07EA03 Prednisone :A07EA04

Betamethasone Betamethasone is a steroid medication. It is used for a number of diseases including rheumatic disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, skin diseases such as dermatitis and psoriasis, allergic conditions such ...

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Tixocortol Tixocortol is a corticosteroid used as an intestinal anti-inflammatory and decongestant. See also * Tixocortol pivalate Tixocortol pivalate is a corticosteroid. It has anti-inflammatory properties similar to hydrocortisone Hydrocortis ...

:A07EA06 Budesonide :A07EA07 Beclometasone

A07EB Antiallergic agents, excluding corticosteroids

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Cromoglicic acid Cromoglicic acid (INN)—also referred to as cromolyn (USAN), cromoglycate (former BAN), or cromoglicate—is traditionally described as a mast cell stabilizer, and is commonly marketed as the sodium salt sodium cromoglicate or cromolyn sodium. ...

A07EC
Aminosalicylic acid Aminosalicylic acid can refer to any amine, amino derivative of salicylic acid, such as: * 3-Aminosalicylic acid * 4-Aminosalicylic acid (''para''-aminosalicylic acid, PAS) * 5-Aminosalicylic acid (mesalazine) * 6-Aminosalicylic acid {{Chemistry i ...
and similar agents

:A07EC01 Sulfasalazine :A07EC02

Mesalazine Mesalazine, also known as mesalamine or 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA), is a medication used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. It is generally used for mildly to moderately severe disease. It ...

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Olsalazine Olsalazine is an anti-inflammatory medication used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. It is sold under the brand name Dipentum. Olsalazine itself is a pro-drug of mesalazine (5-aminosalicyclic acid or 5-ASA) and is not absorbed in the small ...

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Balsalazide Balsalazide is an anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. It is sold under the brand names Giazo, Colazal in the US and Colazide in the UK. It is also sold in generic form in the US by several generic manufactu ...

A07F Antidiarrheal micro-organisms

A07FA Antidiarrheal micro-organisms

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Lactic acid Lactic acid is an organic acid. It has a molecular formula . It is white in the solid state and it is miscible with water. When in the dissolved state, it forms a colorless solution. Production includes both artificial synthesis as well as natu ...

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Saccharomyces boulardii ''Saccharomyces boulardii'' is a tropical yeast first isolated from lychee and mangosteen fruit peel in 1923 by French scientist Henri Boulard. Although early reports claimed distinct taxonomic, metabolic, and genetic properties, ''S. boulardii' ...

:A07FA51 Lactic acid producing organisms, combinations :QA07FA90

Probiotic Probiotics are live microorganisms promoted with claims that they provide health benefits when consumed, generally by improving or restoring the gut microbiota. Probiotics are considered generally safe to consume, but may cause bacteria-host i ...

A07X Other antidiarrheals

A07XA Other antidiarrheals

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Albumin tannate Albumin tannate (also known as ''Tannin albuminate'') is an antidiarrheal An anti-diarrhoeal drug (or anti-diarrheal drug in American English) is any medication which provides symptomatic relief for diarrhoea. Types * Electrolyte solutions, whil ...

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Ceratonia ''Ceratonia'' is small genus of flowering plant, flowering trees in the pea family, Fabaceae, Endemism, endemic to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Its best known member, the Ceratonia siliqua, carob tree, is cultivated for its pod ...

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Calcium Calcium is a chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. As an alkaline earth metal, calcium is a reactive metal that forms a dark oxide-nitride layer when exposed to air. Its physical and chemical properties are most similar to ...

compounds :A07XA04 Racecadotril :A07XA06

Crofelemer Crofelemer (USAN, trade name Mytesi) is an antidiarrheal indicated for the symptomatic relief of non-infectious diarrhea in adult patients with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy. Other possible uses include diarrhea in children, acute infectious ...

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Aluminium Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...

salicylate Salicylic acid is an organic compound with the formula HOC6H4CO2H. A colorless, bitter-tasting solid, it is a precursor to and a metabolite of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). It is a plant hormone, and has been listed by the EPA Toxic Substance ...

s, basic :QA07XA91 Zinc oxide :QA07XA92 Zinc disodium edetate :QA07XA99 Other antidiarrheals, combinations

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