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United Kingdom· GB-APID-146411000001106

Periactin 4mg tablets

A cyproheptadine product containing cyproheptadine, registered in United Kingdom by Teva UK Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 10 of our 19 countries.

ATC R06AX02

Checked against NHS dm+d (United Kingdom) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · GBNHS dm+d (United Kingdom)normalisedPeriactin 4mg tabletsATCR06AX02REGISTER NO.GB-APID-1464110000011…PACKS LISTED3CHECKEDSeptember 13, 2026

Where it is registered

Cyproheptadine is registered in 10 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC R06AX02 (cyproheptadine), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: United Kingdom, from NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
  • 6 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Cyproheptadine · ATC R06AX02

10 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Canada
  • Czechiaprice
  • Finlandprice
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Norwayprice
  • Polandprice
  • United Kingdom
  • United Statesprice
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

NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Active substance
Cyproheptadine
Manufacturer
Teva UK Ltd
Country
United Kingdom (GB)
ATC code
R06AX02
ATC class
Cyproheptadine
Defined daily dose
12 mg, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Last checked
September 13, 2026

Packs & prices · 3

  • gtin
    5013945113600
  • gtin
    5060032242613
  • gtin
    5017007600961

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

327 interactions on record for cyproheptadine.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 9 severe. 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

Cyproheptadine · interactions on record

327 records

  • 9 severe
  • 316 moderate
  • 2 minor

Most severe, free to view

  • Potassium chlorideA12BA01severe
  • Potassium citrateA12BA02severe
  • Potassium chlorideB05XA01severe
  • Sodium oxybateN01AX11severe
  • 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.
Mechanism and what to do, in the interaction check
Source: DDInter 2.0 · synced 29 Sept 2026. Grades as the source publishes them.

Same medicine, other countries

Cyproheptadine in 9 other countries

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

All cyproheptadine products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 9 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • Czechia · Peritol
  • Germany · Peritol
  • Spain · Periactin
  • France · Periactine
  • Hungary · Peritol
  • Italy · Periactin
  • Poland · Peritol
  • Portugal · Viternum
  • Slovakia · Peritol

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/f43dbede-2fde-4ab9-a905-f43c14c45a6c
GET /v1/drugs/f43dbede-2fde-4ab9-a905-f43c14c45a6c?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": "146411000001106",
  "desc": "Periactin 4mg tablets (Teva UK Ltd)",
  "form": "Oral tablet",
  "vpid": "42187511000001104",
  "source": "dmd",
  "vtm_id": "775426001",
  "strength": "4 mg",
  "substance": "Cyproheptadine",
  "ingredient": "Cyproheptadine hydrochloride",
  "supplier_code": "3849901000001105"
}

See everything about cyproheptadine.

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.