United Kingdom· GB-APID-4987511000001109
Benylin Children's Dry Coughs 2mg/5ml oral solution
A pholcodine product containing pholcodine, registered in United Kingdom by McNeil Products Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 4 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Pholcodine is registered in 4 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC R05DA08 (pholcodine), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: United Kingdom, from NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
- 3 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Pholcodine · ATC R05DA08
4 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Finlandprice
- Franceprice
- United Kingdom
The record
At a glance
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)- Active substance
- Pholcodine
- Manufacturer
- McNeil Products Ltd
- Country
- United Kingdom (GB)
- ATC code
- R05DA08
- ATC class
- Pholcodine
- Defined daily dose
- 50 mg, O
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
- Last checked
- September 13, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- gtin5010123668068
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Same medicine, other countries
Pholcodine in 3 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- BelgiumBroncho-Pectoralis Pholcodine 15 mg - 300 mgMedgenix Benelux
- FranceBIOCALYPTOL 6,55 mg/5 ml SANS SUCRE, sirop édulcoré à la saccharine sodique et au maltitol liquideZAMBON FRANCE
- FinlandTuxiOy Leiras Finland Ab
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 1 EEA country. Names it is sold under:
- Ireland · Pholcodine Wockhardt Uk
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
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For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/4a3cb76a-6857-42f2-8a95-c5c830d677c9 GET /v1/drugs/4a3cb76a-6857-42f2-8a95-c5c830d677c9?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.
{
"apid": "4987511000001109",
"desc": "Benylin Children's Dry Coughs 2mg/5ml oral solution (McNeil Products Ltd)",
"form": "Oral solution",
"vpid": "35368611000001108",
"source": "dmd",
"vtm_id": "777188007",
"strength": "400 microgram",
"substance": "Pholcodine",
"ingredient": "Pholcodine",
"supplier_code": "8989711000001108"
}See everything about pholcodine.
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.