Ireland· IE-PA-PA2034/001/001
Drapolene Cream Benzalkonium chloride 0.01% w/w Cetrimide 0.2% w/w
A benzalkonium product containing benzalkonium chloride solution + cetrimide, registered in Ireland by Ravira Limited. The same ATC class is registered in 7 of our 19 countries.
Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Benzalkonium is registered in 7 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC D08AJ01 (benzalkonium), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Ireland, from HPRA (Ireland)
- 4 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Benzalkonium · ATC D08AJ01
7 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Finlandprice
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- United Statesprice
The record
At a glance
HPRA (Ireland)- Active substance
- Benzalkonium chloride solution + Cetrimide
- Manufacturer
- Ravira Limited
- Country
- Ireland (IE)
- ATC code
- D08AJ01
- ATC class
- Benzalkonium
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- HPRA (Ireland)
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- ie_pa_numberPA2034/001/001
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
1 interaction on record for benzalkonium.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 1 moderate. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.
- Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
- The source, licence and sync date on every record
- Mechanism and what to do for each pair — Growth plan
Benzalkonium · interactions on record
1 record
- 1 moderate
Most severe, free to view
- Hyaluronic acidM09AX01moderate
- Interaction severity from DDInter 2.0 (Xiong G. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for non-commercial use only; not covered by the Drug Database commercial licence.
Same medicine, other countries
Benzalkonium 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 1 EEA country. Names it is sold under:
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Drapolene, Drapolene Derma
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/8e2695e0-a228-4a41-8ae8-aa110af761d0 GET /v1/drugs/8e2695e0-a228-4a41-8ae8-aa110af761d0?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": "Cream",
"routes": [
"Topical"
],
"source": "hpra",
"atc_all": [
"D08AJ",
"D08AJ01",
"D08AJ04"
],
"strength": null,
"pa_number": "PA2034/001/001",
"substances": [
"Benzalkonium chloride solution",
"Cetrimide"
],
"legal_basis": "Well-established use application (Article 10a of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
"market_info": "Not marketed",
"authorised_at": "01/04/1983",
"dispensing_status": "Product not subject to medical prescription",
"registration_status": "AU",
"supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
"interchangeable_code": null
}See everything about benzalkonium.
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.