ATC AAlimentary tract and metabolismWHO
Digestion, stomach, diabetesand nutrition
222 medicines · 118 active substances · from the European Medicines Agency — Medicines output: medicines report
Counted from the register
The group in figures
- 222products listed in the register
- 0%without prescription (0)
- 37combination products — more than one substance
What the group contains
Anatomical main group A of the WHO ATC classification: “Alimentary tract and metabolism”. 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.
- A10 127
- A16 55
- A05 10
- A04 8
- A02 6
- A08 6
ATC subgroups by code; their names are at the WHO index.
Source: European Medicines Agency — Medicines output: medicines report, 2026-09-30. Counts computed by Mediclarum from that file.
The most common
substances
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.
- 01Pioglitazone10 productsprescription only
- 02Insulin human (rDNA)8 productsprescription only
- 03Insulin aspart7 productsprescription only
- 04Insulin glargine6 productsprescription only
- 05Insulin lispro6 productsprescription only
- 06Repaglinide6 productsprescription only
- 07Miglustat5 productsprescription only
- 08Pantoprazole5 productsprescription only
- 09Sitagliptin5 productsprescription only
- 10Liraglutide4 productsprescription only
- 11Semaglutide4 productsprescription only
- 12Dapagliflozin3 productsprescription only
- 13Insulin human3 productsprescription only
- 14Nitisinone3 productsprescription only
- 15Palonosetron3 productsprescription only
- 16Rosiglitazone3 productsprescription only
- 17Sitagliptin;metformin3 productsprescription only
- 18Sitagliptin;metformin hydrochloride3 productsprescription only
- 19Vildagliptin3 productsprescription only
- 20Vildagliptin;metformin3 productsprescription only
- 21Betaine anhydrous2 productsprescription only
- 22Budesonide2 productsprescription only
- 23Carglumic acid2 productsprescription only
- 24Cholic acid2 productsprescription only
- 25Dapagliflozin;metformin2 productsprescription only
- 26Exenatide2 productsprescription only
- 27Nateglinide2 productsprescription only
- 28Odevixibat2 productsprescription only
- 29Orlistat2 productsprescription only
- 30Pioglitazone;metformin2 productsprescription only
- 31Rimonabant2 productsprescription only
- 32Sapropterin2 productsprescription only
- 33Sodium phenylbutyrate2 productsprescription only
- 34Teduglutide2 productsprescription only
- 35Agalsidase alfa1 productprescription only
- 36Agalsidase beta1 productprescription only
- 37Albiglutide1 productprescription only
- 38Alglucosidase alfa1 productprescription only
- 39Alogliptin benzoate1 productprescription only
- 40Alogliptin;metformin1 productprescription only
- 41Alogliptin;pioglitazone1 productprescription only
- 42Aprepitant1 productprescription only
- 43Asfotase alfa1 productprescription only
- 44Avalglucosidase alfa1 productprescription only
- 45Canagliflozin1 productprescription only
- 46Canagliflozin;metformin1 productprescription only
- 47Cerliponase alfa1 productprescription only
- 48Chenodeoxycholic acid1 productprescription 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.