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United Kingdom· GB-APID-37813811000001104

Faramsil 400microgram modified-release tablets

A tamsulosin product containing tamsulosin, registered in United Kingdom by NorthStar Healthcare Unlimited Company. The same ATC class is registered in 17 of our 19 countries.

ATC G04CA02

Checked against NHS dm+d (United Kingdom) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · GBNHS dm+d (United Kingdom)normalisedFaramsil 400microgram modified-releas…ATCG04CA02REGISTER NO.GB-APID-3781381100000…PACKS LISTED2CHECKEDSeptember 13, 2026
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Where it is registered

Tamsulosin is registered in 17 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC G04CA02 (tamsulosin), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: United Kingdom, from NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
  • 11 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
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Tamsulosin · ATC G04CA02

17 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Canada
  • Czechiaprice
  • Denmark
  • Finlandprice
  • Franceprice
  • Germany
  • Icelandprice
  • Ireland
  • Italyprice
  • Netherlands
  • Norwayprice
  • Polandprice
  • Spainprice
  • Switzerlandprice
  • 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.

Price per daily dose

What a daily dose of tamsulosin costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.4 mg), the median price runs from $0.17 in France to $1.11 in Switzerland — a ×6.5 gap.

  • 4 markets with a comparable price for this class
  • Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
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Tamsulosin · price per daily dose (0.4 mg)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

  • CH Switzerland$1.11
  • ES Spain$0.42
  • IT Italy$0.25
  • FR France$0.17
Median listed price per WHO defined daily dose, in each market that publishes a price. Open the full comparison

The record

At a glance

NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Active substance
Tamsulosin
Manufacturer
NorthStar Healthcare Unlimited Company
Country
United Kingdom (GB)
ATC code
G04CA02
ATC class
Tamsulosin
Defined daily dose
0.4 mg, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Last checked
September 13, 2026

Packs & prices · 2

  • gtin
    05051089990435
  • gtin
    5051089990435

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

311 interactions on record for tamsulosin.

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
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Tamsulosin · interactions on record

311 records

  • 9 severe
  • 101 moderate
  • 1 minor
  • 168 info

Most severe, free to view

  • KetoconazoleH02CA03severe
  • ClarithromycinJ01FA09severe
  • KetoconazoleJ02AB02severe
  • Darunavir and cobicistatJ05AR14severe

32 more interactions with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.

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  • 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 class

Other records under G04CA02

Tamsulosin, as other registers publish it.

All tamsulosin products

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/fc5187d5-da42-4221-83bc-3681fcd95c9b
GET /v1/drugs/fc5187d5-da42-4221-83bc-3681fcd95c9b?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": "37813811000001104",
  "desc": "Faramsil 400microgram modified-release tablets (NorthStar Healthcare Unlimited Company)",
  "form": "Modified-release tablet",
  "vpid": "9484411000001101",
  "source": "dmd",
  "vtm_id": "777673003",
  "strength": "400 microgram",
  "substance": "Tamsulosin",
  "ingredient": "Tamsulosin hydrochloride",
  "supplier_code": "34743011000001108"
}
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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.

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