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Ireland· IE-PA-PA0540/141/001

Calcium Resonium 99.934% Powder for oral or rectal suspension

A polystyrene sulfonate product containing calcium polystyrene sulphonate, registered in Ireland by Sanofi-Aventis Ireland Limited T/A SANOFI. The same ATC class is registered in 11 of our 19 countries.

ATC V03AE01

Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · IEHPRA (Ireland)normalisedCalcium Resonium 99.934% Powder for o…ATCV03AE01REGISTER NO.IE-PA-PA0540/141/001PACKS LISTED1CHECKEDSeptember 28, 2026

Where it is registered

Polystyrene sulfonate is registered in 11 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC V03AE01 (polystyrene sulfonate), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: Ireland, from HPRA (Ireland)
  • 7 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Polystyrene sulfonate · ATC V03AE01

11 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Canada
  • Czechiaprice
  • Denmark
  • Finlandprice
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands
  • Norwayprice
  • Polandprice
  • Switzerlandprice
  • United Statesprice
Blue: a registration under this ATC code. The ringed marker is this record’s country. Markets marked price publish a price we can compare per daily dose.

Price per daily dose

What a daily dose of polystyrene sulfonate costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (45 g), so markets compare like for like.

  • 1 market with a comparable price for this class
  • Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown

Polystyrene sulfonate · price per daily dose (45 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

  • CZ Czechia$0.0074
Median listed price per WHO defined daily dose, in each market that publishes a price. Open the full comparison

The record

At a glance

HPRA (Ireland)
Active substance
Calcium polystyrene sulphonate
Manufacturer
Sanofi-Aventis Ireland Limited T/A SANOFI
Country
Ireland (IE)
ATC code
V03AE01
ATC class
Polystyrene sulfonate
Defined daily dose
45 g, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
HPRA (Ireland)
Last checked
September 28, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

  • ie_pa_number
    PA0540/141/001

Regulatory notes

No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.

Same medicine, other countries

Polystyrene sulfonate in 9 other countries

What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.

All polystyrene sulfonate products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 16 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • Belgium · Kayexalate Calcium
  • Czechia · Resical
  • Germany · Elutit-Calcium
  • Denmark · Resonium Calcium
  • Estonia · Sorbisterit
  • Spain · Resincalcio
  • France · Resikali
  • United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Calcium Polystyrene Sulfonate, Calcium Polystyrene Sulfonate Roma Pharmaceuticals
  • Croatia · Xaviox
  • Italy · Sorbisterit
  • Luxembourg · Kayexalate Calcium
  • Netherlands · Calciumpolystyreensulfonaat Focus Care, Sorbisterit
  • Norway · Resonium-Calcium
  • Poland · Calcium Resonium
  • Portugal · Resical
  • Slovakia · Calcium Resonium, Sorbisterit

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/95944a29-5a6e-4bf0-9321-ce2fd577f293
GET /v1/drugs/95944a29-5a6e-4bf0-9321-ce2fd577f293?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": "Powder for oral/rectal suspension",
  "routes": [
    "Oral use",
    "Rectal use"
  ],
  "source": "hpra",
  "atc_all": [
    "V03AE",
    "V03AE01"
  ],
  "strength": null,
  "pa_number": "PA0540/141/001",
  "substances": [
    "Calcium polystyrene sulphonate"
  ],
  "legal_basis": "Full application (Article 8(3) of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
  "market_info": "Marketed",
  "authorised_at": "01/04/1983",
  "dispensing_status": "Product subject to prescription which may be renewed (B)",
  "registration_status": "AU",
  "supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
  "interchangeable_code": null
}

See everything about polystyrene sulfonate.

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.