ATC code A06
therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System: Drugs for constipation
ATC code A06 Drugs for constipation is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products. Subgroup A06 is part of the anatomical group A Alimentary tract and metabolism.
Codes for veterinary use (ATCvet codes) can be created by placing the letter Q in front of the human ATC code: for example, QA06. National versions of the ATC classification may include additional codes not present in this list, which follows the WHO version.
“ATC code A06” enters the record as therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System: Drugs for constipation. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what code, therapeutic and subgroup can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q285900. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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