United Kingdom· GB-APID-45273511000001100
Vitaros 3mg/g cream
A medicinal product containing alprostadil, registered in United Kingdom by Necessity Supplies Ltd.
Checked against NHS dm+d (United Kingdom) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
The record
At a glance
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)- Active substance
- Alprostadil
- Manufacturer
- Necessity Supplies Ltd
- Country
- United Kingdom (GB)
- ATC code
- —
- 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.
Same medicine, other countries
Alprostadil in 17 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- FinlandCaverjectPharmacia Oy
- BelgiumCaverject 10 µgPfizer
- United StatesAlprostadilMeitheal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- NorwayAlprostadil2care4 ApS
- GermanyAlprostadil AltanAltan Pharmaceuticals S.A.
- SpainALPROSTADIL ALTAN 20 MICROGRAMOS POLVO PARA SOLUCION PARA PERFUSION EFGAltan Pharmaceuticals S.A.
- SwedenAlprostadil Ebb 0,5 mg/ml Koncentrat till infusionsvätska, lösningEbb Medical AB
- FranceALPROSTADIL INTSEL CHIMOS 0,5 mg/ml, solution injectableINTSEL CHIMOS
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 29 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Alprestil, Alprostadil Altan
- Belgium · Caverject, Caverject Impuls
- Bulgaria · Алпростадил Ромфарм, Проставазин
- Cyprus · Caverject, Vitaros
- Czechia · Alprostan, Karon
- Germany · Alprostadil Altan, Caverject
- Denmark · Caverject Dual, Muse
- Estonia · Muse, Neupedix
- Spain · Alprostadil Altan, Alprostadil Pfizer
- Finland · Caverject Dual, Muse
- France · Alprostadil Intsel Chimos, Alprostadil Oresund Pharma
- Greece · Caverject, Prostin Vr
- Croatia · Prostin Vr
- Hungary · Alprestil, Alprostadil Altan
- Ireland · Caverject, Vitaros
- Iceland · Caverject Dual, Vitaros
- Italy · Alprostar, Caverject
- Lithuania · Muse, Neupedix
- Luxembourg · Caverject, Prostavasin
- Latvia · Muse, Neupedix
- Malta · Caverject
- Netherlands · Alprostadil Recordati, Alprostadil Simple Pharma
- Norway · Bondil, Caverject Dual
- Poland · Prostavasin 60, Prostin Vr
- Portugal · Caverject, Muse
- Romania · Alprostadil Remedia, Alprostadil Rompharm
- Sweden · Bondil, Caverject Dual
- Slovenia · Alprostin Vr, Caverject
- Slovakia · Alprostan, Alprostapint
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/ca156baa-ad26-4046-8760-614ab40342cb GET /v1/drugs/ca156baa-ad26-4046-8760-614ab40342cb?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": "45273511000001100",
"desc": "Vitaros 3mg/g cream (Necessity Supplies Ltd)",
"form": "Cutaneous cream",
"vpid": "24535011000001105",
"source": "dmd",
"vtm_id": "774499005",
"strength": "3 mg",
"substance": "Alprostadil",
"ingredient": "Alprostadil",
"supplier_code": "2814701000001108"
}See everything about alprostadil.
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.