Ireland· IE-PA-PA0979/011/008
Gaviscon Advance Chewable Tablets Sodium alginate 500 mg, Potassium hydrogen carbonate 100 mg.
A alginic acid product containing sodium alginate + potassium hydrogen carbonate, registered in Ireland by Reckitt Benckiser Ireland Limited. The same ATC class is registered in 10 of our 19 countries.
Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Alginic acid is registered in 10 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC A02BX13 (alginic acid), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Ireland, from HPRA (Ireland)
- 5 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Alginic acid · ATC A02BX13
10 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- United Kingdom
The record
At a glance
HPRA (Ireland)- Active substance
- Sodium alginate + Potassium hydrogen carbonate
- Manufacturer
- Reckitt Benckiser Ireland Limited
- Country
- Ireland (IE)
- ATC code
- A02BX13
- ATC class
- Alginic acid
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- HPRA (Ireland)
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- ie_pa_numberPA0979/011/008
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Same medicine, other countries
Alginic acid in 3 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United KingdomAcidex Advance oral suspension aniseedWockhardt UK Ltd
- GermanyGaviscon AdvanceReckitt Benckiser Deutschland Gmbh
- FinlandGavigardReckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 10 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Gaviscon
- Belgium · Gaviscon, Gaviscon Advance
- Germany · Gaviscon Advance, Gaviscon Advance Pfefferminz
- France · Gavisconpro Menthe
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Acidex Advance (Aniseed Flavour), Acidex Advance (Peppermint Flavour)
- Greece · Gaviscon Advance
- Italy · Gaviscon Advance, Gaviscon Advance Aroma Menta
- Luxembourg · Gaviscon Advance
- Malta · Gaviscon Advance
- Netherlands · Gaviscon Extra Sterk Liquid Sticks Pepermunt
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/d4fa0b4a-9fd2-44b6-b09b-cd328c18c960 GET /v1/drugs/d4fa0b4a-9fd2-44b6-b09b-cd328c18c960?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": "Chewable tablet",
"routes": [
"Oral use"
],
"source": "hpra",
"atc_all": [
"A02BX",
"A02BX13"
],
"strength": null,
"pa_number": "PA0979/011/008",
"substances": [
"Sodium alginate",
"Potassium hydrogen carbonate"
],
"legal_basis": "Fixed combination application (Article 10b of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
"market_info": "Marketed",
"authorised_at": "10/02/2006",
"dispensing_status": "Product not subject to medical prescription",
"registration_status": "AU",
"supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
"interchangeable_code": null
}See everything about alginic acid.
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.