Ireland· IE-PA-PA1404/003/001
Vitaros 2 mg/g cream
A alprostadil product containing alprostadil, registered in Ireland by Recordati Ireland Limited. The same ATC class is registered in 11 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Alprostadil is registered in 11 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC G04BE01 (alprostadil), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Ireland, from HPRA (Ireland)
- 7 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Alprostadil · ATC G04BE01
11 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Italyprice
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Switzerlandprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of alprostadil costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (20 mcg), so markets compare like for like.
- 1 market with a comparable price for this class
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
Alprostadil · price per daily dose (20 mcg)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$41.30
The record
At a glance
HPRA (Ireland)- Active substance
- Alprostadil
- Manufacturer
- Recordati Ireland Limited
- Country
- Ireland (IE)
- ATC code
- G04BE01
- ATC class
- Alprostadil
- Defined daily dose
- 20 mcg, P
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- HPRA (Ireland)
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- ie_pa_numberPA1404/003/001
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
85 interactions on record for alprostadil.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 22 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
Alprostadil · interactions on record
85 records
- 22 moderate
- 62 info
Most severe, free to view
- LorcaserinA08AA11moderate
- DapagliflozinA10BK01moderate
- CanagliflozinA10BK02moderate
- EmpagliflozinA10BK03moderate
1 more interaction with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.
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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.
- FinlandVitarosThe Simple Pharma Company Limited
- NetherlandsAlprostadil Recordati 2 mg/g CrèmeRecordati Ireland Ltd. (Co. Cork)
- United KingdomAlprostadil 10microgram powder and solvent for solution for injection vialsPfizer Ltd
- BelgiumCaverject 10 µgPfizer
- United StatesAlprostadilMeitheal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- NorwayAlprostadil2care4 ApS
- GermanyAlprostadil AltanAltan Pharmaceuticals S.A.
- SwedenAlprostadil Ebb 0,5 mg/ml Koncentrat till infusionsvätska, lösningEbb Medical AB
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
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Alprostadil Pfizer, Caverject
- Greece · Caverject, Prostin Vr
- Croatia · Prostin Vr
- Hungary · Alprestil, Alprostadil Altan
- 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.
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/e4fa4ca0-2f7d-42c2-9b16-e78efab649b6 GET /v1/drugs/e4fa4ca0-2f7d-42c2-9b16-e78efab649b6?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": "Cream",
"routes": [
"Cutaneous use"
],
"source": "hpra",
"atc_all": [
"G04BE",
"G04BE01"
],
"strength": null,
"pa_number": "PA1404/003/001",
"substances": [
"Alprostadil"
],
"legal_basis": "Known active substance (Article 8(3) of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
"market_info": "Not marketed",
"authorised_at": "09/10/2015",
"dispensing_status": "Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)",
"registration_status": "AU",
"supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
"interchangeable_code": null
}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.