Ireland· IE-PA-PA0979/039/001
Strepsils Orange with Vitamin C Lozenges Amylmetacresol 0.6mg 2,4-Dichlorobenzyl Alcohol 1.2mg Vitamin C 100mg
A dichlorobenzyl alcohol product containing amylmetacresol + 2, 4-dichlorobenzyl alcohol + vitamin c, registered in Ireland by Reckitt Benckiser Ireland Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 11 of our 19 countries.
Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Dichlorobenzyl alcohol is registered in 11 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC R02AA03 (dichlorobenzyl alcohol), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Ireland, from HPRA (Ireland)
- 6 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Dichlorobenzyl alcohol · ATC R02AA03
11 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
The record
At a glance
HPRA (Ireland)- Active substance
- Amylmetacresol + 2, 4-dichlorobenzyl alcohol + Vitamin c
- Manufacturer
- Reckitt Benckiser Ireland Ltd
- Country
- Ireland (IE)
- ATC code
- R02AA03
- ATC class
- Dichlorobenzyl alcohol
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- HPRA (Ireland)
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- ie_pa_numberPA0979/039/001
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Same medicine, other countries
Dichlorobenzyl alcohol in 1 other country
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 11 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Belgium · Strepsils Vit C Apfelsine, Strepsils Vit C Orange
- Bulgaria · Стрепсилс Портокал С Витамин С
- Cyprus · Strepsils Orange Με Vitamin C
- Estonia · Strepsils Vitamin C
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Strepsils Blackcurrant Flavour, Strepsils Dry & Sore Throat
- Croatia · Strepsils S Vitaminom C I Okusom Naranče
- Lithuania · Strepsils Vitamin C
- Luxembourg · Strepsils Vit C Orange
- Latvia · Strepsils Vitamin C
- Malta · Strepsils Orange With Vitamin C
- Slovakia · Strepsils Pomaranč S Vitamínom C
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of HPRA (Ireland). This is an informational data service and not a medical device — verify against the official source of record before any clinical decision.
For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/2b893676-6cd5-472b-8d97-095dfbf22f7b GET /v1/drugs/2b893676-6cd5-472b-8d97-095dfbf22f7b?format=fhir
Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.
{
"form": "Lozenge",
"routes": [
"Oromucosal use"
],
"source": "hpra",
"atc_all": [
"R02AA",
"R02AA03"
],
"strength": null,
"pa_number": "PA0979/039/001",
"substances": [
"Amylmetacresol",
"2, 4-dichlorobenzyl alcohol",
"Vitamin c"
],
"legal_basis": "Well-established use application (Article 10a of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
"market_info": "Marketed",
"authorised_at": "24/09/1985",
"dispensing_status": "Product not subject to medical prescription",
"registration_status": "AU",
"supply_legal_status": "Supply through non-pharmacy outlets and pharmacies",
"interchangeable_code": null
}See everything about dichlorobenzyl alcohol.
This page is the registration. A free account adds the label text as the regulator wrote it, what it costs per daily dose across the markets that publish a price, a feed of what changes in the registers, and an assistant that answers with its sources. Interaction severity is free; mechanism and management are on the Growth plan. No card, nothing to install.