United Kingdom· GB-APID-3074311000001107
Dulcolax Adult 5mg gastro-resistant tablets
A bisacodyl product containing bisacodyl, registered in United Kingdom by Opella Healthcare UK Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 15 of our 19 countries.
Checked against NHS dm+d (United Kingdom) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Bisacodyl is registered in 15 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC A06AB02 (bisacodyl), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: United Kingdom, from NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
- 8 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Bisacodyl · ATC A06AB02
15 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Germany
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of bisacodyl costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (10 mg), the median price runs from $0.088 in United States to $0.72 in Switzerland — a ×8.2 gap.
- 2 markets with a comparable price for this class
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
- US figures are pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not retail
Bisacodyl · price per daily dose (10 mg)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$0.72
- US United States$0.088 (acquisition cost)
The record
At a glance
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)- Active substance
- Bisacodyl
- Manufacturer
- Opella Healthcare UK Ltd
- Country
- United Kingdom (GB)
- ATC code
- A06AB02
- ATC class
- Bisacodyl
- Defined daily dose
- 10 mg, O
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
- Last checked
- September 13, 2026
Packs & prices · 7
- gtin5000283661832
- gtin5012917076912
- gtin5012917076929
- gtin5000283659242
- gtin5000283661894
- gtin5012917076745
- gtin5012917076783
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
263 interactions on record for bisacodyl.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 262 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
Bisacodyl · interactions on record
263 records
- 262 moderate
- 1 minor
Most severe, free to view
- Magnesium carbonateA02AA01moderate
- Magnesium hydroxideA02AA04moderate
- Kombinationen von AluminiumsalzenA02AB10moderate
- Calcium carbonateA02AC01moderate
- 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
Bisacodyl in 15 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United StatesBisacodylMajor Pharmaceuticals
- PolandBisacodyl VPPharmapoint SA
- FranceBISACODYL ARROW CONSEIL 5 mg, comprimé gastro-résistantARROW GENERIQUES
- SpainBEKUNIS 5 mg COMPRIMIDOS GASTRORRESISTENTESRoha Arzneimittel Gmbh
- CzechiaDULCOLAXOpella Healthcare Czech s.r.o., Praha
- NetherlandsBisacodyl laxeertabletten Sanias 5 mg, maagsapresistente tablettenAurobindo Pharma B.V.
- NorwayDulcolaxOpella Healthcare France SAS
- SwedenDulcolax 5 mg EnterotablettOpella Healthcare France SAS
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 29 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Dulcolax, Laxbene
- Belgium · Bisacodyl Eg, Bisacodyl Teva
- Bulgaria · Бизакодил Софарма, Бизалакс
- Cyprus · Dulcolax, Lax-Tab
- Czechia · Bisacodyl Krka, Dulcolax
- Germany · Bekunis Dragees, Bisacodyl Adgc Laxans
- Denmark · Dulcolax, Toilax
- Estonia · Bisacodyl Grindeks
- Spain · Bekunis, Dulcolax
- Finland · Toilax, Toilax Kombinationsförpackning
- France · Bisacodyl Arrow Conseil, Bisacodyl Biogaran Conseil
- Greece · Dulcolax
- Croatia · Dulcolax
- Hungary · Dulcolax, Stadalax
- Ireland · Dulcolax
- Iceland · Dulcolax, Toilax
- Italy · Alaxa, Confetto C.M.
- Lithuania · Bisacodyl Grindeks, Bisacodyl Viatris
- Luxembourg · Dulcolax, Purgo-Pil
- Latvia · Bisacodyl, Bisacodyl Grindeks
- Malta · Dulcolax, Lax-Tab
- Netherlands · Bisacodyl Aurobindo, Bisacodyl Leidapharm
- Norway · Dulcolax, Toilax
- Poland · Bisacodyl Pharmaswiss, Dulcobis
- Portugal · Aero-Om Laxante, Bekunis Laxante Bisacodil
- Romania · Bisacodil Arena, Bisacodil Laropharm
- Sweden · Dulcolax, Toilax
- Slovenia · Dulcolax, Novolax
- Slovakia · Bisacodyl-K, Dulcolax
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/d0db36c7-e404-478a-aecb-b297a54872be GET /v1/drugs/d0db36c7-e404-478a-aecb-b297a54872be?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": "3074311000001107",
"desc": "Dulcolax Adult 5mg gastro-resistant tablets (Opella Healthcare UK Ltd)",
"form": "Gastro-resistant tablet",
"vpid": "42351711000001102",
"source": "dmd",
"vtm_id": "774869006",
"strength": "5 mg",
"substance": "Bisacodyl",
"ingredient": "Bisacodyl",
"supplier_code": "41213211000001109"
}See everything about bisacodyl.
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.