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United Kingdom· GB-APID-4186511000001105

Castor oil liquid

A castor oil product containing castor oil, registered in United Kingdom by Thornton & Ross Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 4 of our 19 countries.

ATC A06AB05

Checked against NHS dm+d (United Kingdom) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · GBNHS dm+d (United Kingdom)normalisedCastor oil liquidATCA06AB05REGISTER NO.GB-APID-4186511000001…PACKS LISTED0CHECKEDSeptember 13, 2026

Where it is registered

Castor oil is registered in 4 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC A06AB05 (castor oil), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: United Kingdom, from NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
  • 2 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Castor oil · ATC A06AB05

4 / 19 countries

  • Finlandprice
  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
  • 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.

The record

At a glance

NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Active substance
Castor oil
Manufacturer
Thornton & Ross Ltd
Country
United Kingdom (GB)
ATC code
A06AB05
ATC class
Castor oil
Defined daily dose
20 g, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Last checked
September 13, 2026

Packs & prices · 0

No packs listed by the register for this record.

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

251 interactions on record for castor oil.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 250 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

Castor oil · interactions on record

251 records

  • 250 moderate
  • 1 minor

Most severe, free to view

  • CisaprideA03FA02moderate
  • OndansetronA04AA01moderate
  • GranisetronA04AA02moderate
  • DolasetronA04AA04moderate
  • 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.
Mechanism and what to do, in the interaction check
Source: DDInter 2.0 · synced 29 Sept 2026. Grades as the source publishes them.

Same medicine, other countries

Castor oil in 2 other countries

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

All castor oil products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 5 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • Bulgaria · Ricini Oleum Kupro, Рициново Масло Вт
  • Estonia · Oleum Ricini
  • Spain · Aceite De Ricino Reig Jofre
  • Latvia · Rīcineļļa
  • Poland · Olej Rycynowy (Oleum Ricini Fp) Pph Microfarm, Olej Rycynowy Oleum Ricini Fp Farmina

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 NHS dm+d (United Kingdom). 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/c16bce40-771f-4987-8d99-1258d1cc6054
GET /v1/drugs/c16bce40-771f-4987-8d99-1258d1cc6054?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": "4186511000001105",
  "desc": "Castor oil liquid (Thornton & Ross Ltd)",
  "form": "Oral liquid",
  "vpid": "36133911000001107",
  "source": "dmd",
  "vtm_id": "778661000",
  "strength": "1 ml",
  "substance": "Castor oil",
  "ingredient": "Castor oil",
  "supplier_code": "2089101000001109"
}

See everything about castor oil.

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.