Cetrimonium

Cetrimonium, cetyl trimethylammonium, or hexadecyltrimethylammonium is a quaternary ammonium cation whose salts are used as antiseptics:

They have the ATC codes D08AJ02 (as skin antiseptics) and R02AA17 (as throat antiseptics).

Antiseptics and disinfectants (D08)

Acridine derivatives	Ethacridine lactate 9-Aminoacridine Euflavine

Biguanides and amidines	Dibrompropamidine Chlorhexidine^# Propamidine Hexamidine Polihexanide

Phenol and derivatives	Hexachlorophene Policresulen Phenol Triclosan Chloroxylenol^# Biphenylol Fenticlor

Nitrofuran derivatives	Nitrofurazone

Iodine products	Iodine/octylphenoxypolyglycolether Povidone-iodine^# Diiodohydroxypropane

Quinoline derivatives	Dequalinium Chlorquinaldol Oxyquinoline Clioquinol

Quaternary ammonium compounds	Benzalkonium Benzethonium chloride Cetrimonium (bromide/chloride) Cetylpyridinium Cetrimide Benzoxonium chloride Didecyldimethylammonium chloride

Mercurial products	Mercuric amidochloride Phenylmercuric borate Mercuric chloride Merbromin Thiomersal Mercuric iodide

Silver compounds	Silver nitrate

Alcohols	Propanol (propyl alcohol) Isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol) Ethanol (ethyl alcohol)^#

Other	Potassium permanganate Sodium hypochlorite Hydrogen peroxide Eosin Tosylchloramide Octenidine dihydrochloride

^#WHO-EM ^‡Withdrawn from market Clinical trials: ^†Phase III ^§Never to phase III

Throat preparations (R02)

Antiseptics	Acriflavinium chloride Ambazone Amylmetacresol Benzalkonium Benzethonium Cetrimonium (bromide/chloride) Cetylpyridinium Chlorhexidine Chlorquinaldol Dequalinium Dichlorobenzyl alcohol Hexamidine Hexylresorcinol Myristyl-benzalkonium Oxyquinoline Phenol Povidone-iodine

Antibiotics	Bacitracin Fusafungine Gramicidin Neomycin Tyrothricin

Local anesthetics	Benzocaine Cocaine Dyclonine Lidocaine

Other	Flurbiprofen

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