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Chloroxylenol
Essential medicine status
Section:
15. Antiseptics and disinfectants 15.2. Disinfectants
ATC codes: D08AE05
EMLc
Indication
Phenol disinfectant, not elsewhere classified ICD11 code: XM0HB7
INN
Chloroxylenol
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core (EML)
(EMLc)
Formulations
Local > Topical > Solution: 4.8%
EML status history
First added in 1997 (TRS 882)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
Medicines within the same pharmacological class can be used
Therapeutic alternatives limitations
Therapeutic alternatives are disinfectants in the 4th level ATC chemical subgroup D08AE Phenol and derivatives.
Therapeutic alternatives limitations for EMLc
Therapeutic alternatives are disinfectants in the 4th level ATC chemical subgroup D08AE Phenol and derivatives.
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
Wikipedia
Chloroxylenol
DrugBank
Chloroxylenol
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of square box listings on the EML and EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended that disinfectants in 4th level ATC chemical subgroup, D08AE Phenol and derivatives, be specified as therapeutic alternatives under the square box listing for chloroxylenol on the EML and EMLc.