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Baritop 100 – patient leaflet, side effects, dosage

Medicine status: No longer supplied Details

Medicine strength:
1 gram/gram
Contains active substance:
ATC code:
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Patient leaflet - Baritop 100

Sources: Original (products.mhra.gov.uk)

Facts about Baritop 100

Active substance Barium
Strength 1 gram/gram
Pharmaceutical form Oral or rectal suspension
How is it taken Oral, Rectal
Excipients Carmellose sodium, Tragacanth, Sodium saccharin, Glycine, Sodium ascorbate, Silicon resin emulsion, Sodium benzoate, Sodium dehydroacetate, Cream soda essence flavour, Purified water
Is it available? No, all its packs are listed as discontinued (NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices – not a record of current supplies)
Shelf life 36 months.
Storage None stated.
Drug group (ATC)
  1. V Various drug classes
    1. V08 Contrast media
      1. V08B X-ray contrast media, non-iodinated
        1. V08BA Barium sulfate containing X-ray contrast media
          1. V08BA01 barium sulfate with suspending agents
Marketing authorisation PL 55644/0001 (first authorised 9 December 2010)
Marketing authorisation holder Red Knights Pharma Ltd.

Sources: the MHRA product information (products.mhra.gov.uk) and the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d), release 10.2.0 of 19 October 2026, NHS Business Services Authority. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.