Angiotensin II antagonists: new combination was Re: [Gnumed-devel] multi substance drug

[Jim Busser]

On 2010-07-27, at 11:10 PM, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:

FYI FDA approves another triple-drug combination for resistant hypertension: Tribenzor

The new product combines the angiotensin-receptor blocker olmesartan, the calcium-channel blocker amlodipine, and the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide.

There is no ATC yet for this *specific* combination... there exists thus far

C CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
C09 AGENTS ACTING ON THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM
C09D ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONISTS, COMBINATIONS
C09DX Angiotensin II antagonists, other combinations

ATC code	Name	DDD	U	Adm.R	Note
C09DX01	valsartan, amlodipine and hydrochlorothiazide
C09DX02	valsartan and aliskiren

so this would, for now, be

C09DX

and maybe later C09DX03 but we had better wait to be sure.

It will be interesting to see how quickly that gets into the freely-downloadable FDA data files :-)

-- Jim