ATC CCardiovascular systemWHO

Heart, blood pressureand circulation

1 150 medicines · 201 active substances · from the Swissmedic — Zugelassene Packungen Humanarzneimittel

Counted from the register

The group in figures

  • 1 150products listed in the register
  • 5%without prescription (55)
  • 396combination products — more than one substance

What the group contains

Anatomical main group C of the WHO ATC classification: “Cardiovascular system”. US records carry no ATC code: a product is here because the FDA pharmacologic class on its record maps to this group — not because of any judgement about who it is for.

91 marketing authorisation holders

  • C09 448
  • C10 231
  • C07 119
  • C01 112
  • C05 65
  • C03 64

ATC subgroups by code; their names are at the WHO index.

Source: Swissmedic — Zugelassene Packungen Humanarzneimittel, 2026-09-30. Counts computed by Mediclarum from that file.

The most common
substances

HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDUM175 products · 121 aloneAMLODIPINUM144 products · 84 aloneVALSARTANUM84 products · 26 alone20182416

and how often
they are combined

Numbers in the overlaps are products in the register that contain both substances (the centre: all three). Being sold together is not a statement that the substances are interchangeable, or that they should be combined.

Active substances in this group

Commonest first, by number of products in the register. Select one to see every product that contains it.

  1. 01Atorvastatinum56 productsprescription only
  2. 02Rosuvastatinum41 productsprescription only
  3. 03Candesartanum cilexetilum36 productsprescription only
  4. 04Candesartanum cilexetilum + Hydrochlorothiazidum32 productsprescription only
  5. 05Torasemidum25 productsprescription only
  6. 06Metoprololi succinas24 productsprescription only
  7. 07Amlodipinum + Valsartanum21 productsprescription only
  8. 08Bisoprololi fumaras21 productsprescription only
  9. 09Losartanum kalicum21 productsprescription only
  10. 10Amlodipinum20 productsprescription only
  11. 11Olmesartanum medoxomilum + Amlodipinum + Hydrochlorothiazidum20 productsprescription only
  12. 12Lisinoprilum19 productsprescription only
  13. 13Carvedilolum18 productsprescription only
  14. 14Olmesartanum medoxomilum + Amlodipinum18 productsprescription only
  15. 15Valsartanum18 productsprescription only
  16. 16Valsartanum + Hydrochlorothiazidum18 productsprescription only
  17. 17Ramiprilum17 productsprescription only
  18. 18Amlodipinum + Valsartanum + Hydrochlorothiazidum16 productsprescription only
  19. 19Ezetimibum + Atorvastatinum16 productsprescription only
  20. 20Olmesartanum medoxomilum + Hydrochlorothiazidum16 productsprescription only
  21. 21Ezetimibum + Simvastatinum15 productsprescription only
  22. 22Irbesartanum + Hydrochlorothiazidum15 productsprescription only
  23. 23Losartanum kalicum + Hydrochlorothiazidum15 productsprescription only
  24. 24Olmesartanum medoxomilum15 productsprescription only
  25. 25Pitavastatinum15 productsprescription only
  26. 26Noradrenalinum14 productsprescription only
  27. 27Simvastatinum14 productsprescription only
  28. 28Enalaprili maleas12 productsprescription only
  29. 29Ezetimibum + Rosuvastatinum12 productsprescription only
  30. 30Felodipinum12 productsprescription only
  31. 31Lercanidipinum12 productsprescription only
  32. 32Perindoprilum + Amlodipinum12 productsprescription only
  33. 33Perindoprilum + Amlodipinum + Indapamidum12 productsprescription only
  34. 34Adrenalinum11 productsprescription only
  35. 35Atenololum11 productsprescription only
  36. 36Glyceroli trinitras10 productsprescription only
  37. 37Irbesartanum10 productsprescription only
  38. 38Lisinoprilum + Hydrochlorothiazidum10 productsprescription only
  39. 39Macrogoli 9 aether laurilicus10 productsprescription only
  40. 40Perindoprilum10 productsprescription only
  41. 41Pravastatinum natricum10 productsprescription only
  42. 42Telmisartanum10 productsprescription only
  43. 43Amiodaroni hydrochloridum9 productsprescription only
  44. 44Ezetimibum9 productsprescription only
  45. 45Propranololi hydrochloridum9 productsprescription only
  46. 46Ambrisentanum8 productsprescription only
  47. 47Candesartanum cilexetilum + Amlodipinum8 productsprescription only
  48. 48Ephedrini hydrochloridum8 productsprescription only

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How this group is made

Each product is placed by the ATC code in its national register record (Bulgaria) or by the pharmacologic class the FDA assigned it (United States). Products without either are in no group rather than in a plausible one.

A group is not a diagnosis. Medicines are grouped by the class the regulator gave them. Which one suits you depends on things this page cannot know — ask a pharmacist or doctor.