Belgium· BE-AMP-SAM170965-00

Vicks Vaporub

A other cold preparations product containing camphor, registered in Belgium by P&G Health Belgium. The same ATC class is registered in 8 of our 19 countries.

ATC R05X

Checked against FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium) on September 26, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Camphor is registered in 8 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC R05X (other cold preparations), each read from that country’s own register.

This record: Belgium, from FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium)
5 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

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Camphor · ATC R05X

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Ireland
Netherlands
Polandprice
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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

FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium)

Active substance: Camphor
Manufacturer: P&G Health Belgium
Country: Belgium (BE)
ATC code: R05X
ATC class: OTHER COLD PREPARATIONS
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium)
Last checked: September 26, 2026

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Regulatory notes

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

Same medicine, other countries

Camphor in 6 other countries

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

All camphor products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 6 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Bulgaria · Камфоров Спирт Химакс Фарма
Germany · Mobil Schmerzfluid Franzbranntwein, Thüringer Franzbranntwein
Estonia · Spiritus Camphoratus
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Soap Bpc Methylated
Italy · Canfora Marco Viti, Canfora New.Fa.Dem.
Poland · Camphorae Unguentum Farmina, Camphorae Unguentum Gemi

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 FAMHP / AFMPS (Belgium). 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/f39d89ec-d406-420a-94bf-4839fb79a09d
GET /v1/drugs/f39d89ec-d406-420a-94bf-4839fb79a09d?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": "Ointment",
  "source": "afmps",
  "status": "AUTHORIZED",
  "name_en": "Vicks Vaporub",
  "name_fr": "Vicks Vaporub",
  "name_nl": "Vicks Vaporub",
  "amp_code": "SAM170965-00",
  "strengths": [
    "5.0000",
    "5.0000",
    "0.2500",
    "2.7500",
    "2.7500",
    "5.0000",
    "0.2500",
    "0.2500",
    "2.7500"
  ],
  "pack_count": 3,
  "substances": [
    "Camphor",
    "Thymol",
    "Levomenthol",
    "Pistacia terebinthus L., Essential Oil",
    "Eucalyptus globulus Labill., Leaf, Essential Oil"
  ],
  "medicine_type": "ALLOPATHIC",
  "atc_description": "Other Cold Preparations",
  "authorisation_numbers": [
    "BE170965",
    "BE666217"
  ]
}

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