Ireland· IE-PA-PA23148/010/001
Methenamine hippurate Brown & Burk 1 g tablets
A methenamine product containing methenamine hippurate, registered in Ireland by Brown & Burk IR Limited. The same ATC class is registered in 9 of our 19 countries.
Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Methenamine is registered in 9 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC J01XX05 (methenamine), 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
Methenamine · ATC J01XX05
9 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Germany
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- United Kingdom
The record
At a glance
HPRA (Ireland)- Active substance
- Methenamine hippurate
- Manufacturer
- Brown & Burk IR Limited
- Country
- Ireland (IE)
- ATC code
- J01XX05
- ATC class
- Methenamine
- Defined daily dose
- 2 g, O
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- HPRA (Ireland)
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- ie_pa_numberPA23148/010/001
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
22 interactions on record for methenamine.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 4 severe. 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
Methenamine · interactions on record
22 records
- 4 severe
- 18 moderate
Most severe, free to view
- SulfasalazineA07EC01severe
- SulfamethizoleB05CA04severe
- SulfamethizoleJ01EB02severe
- SulfasalazinM01CX02severe
- 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
Methenamine in 6 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United StatesMethenamine hippurateViona Pharmaceuticals Inc
- SwedenHiprex 1 g TablettViatris AB
- FinlandHiprexViatris Oy
- NorwayHiprexViatris AS
- BelgiumVesaphir 1 gGoodlife Specialty
- GermanyCystohippDr. Pfleger Arzneimittel Gmbh
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 12 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Belgium · Vesaphir
- Germany · Cystohipp
- Denmark · Haiprex, Methenamine Hippurate Eql Pharma
- Finland · Hiprex, Methenamine Hippurate Orion
- France · Altaromin
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Hiprex, Methenamine Hippurate Brown & Burk Uk
- Iceland · Haiprex
- Luxembourg · Vesaphir
- Malta · Methenamine Hippurate Brown & Burk, Methenamine Hippurate Eql Pharma
- Netherlands · Vesaphir
- Norway · Hiprex, Methenamine Hippurate Eql Pharma
- Sweden · Hiprex, Methenamine Hippurate Brown & Burk
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/bd2ed15a-a94e-4f13-b3ee-0c2593e3f41b GET /v1/drugs/bd2ed15a-a94e-4f13-b3ee-0c2593e3f41b?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": "Tablet",
"routes": [
"Oral use"
],
"source": "hpra",
"atc_all": [
"J01XX05"
],
"strength": null,
"pa_number": "PA23148/010/001",
"substances": [
"Methenamine hippurate"
],
"legal_basis": "Generic application (Article 10(1) of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
"market_info": "Not marketed",
"authorised_at": "06/07/2026",
"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 methenamine.
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.