Patient info Open main menu

R05CA Expectorants

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: cough and cold medicines

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 15 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. R Respiratory system drugs 803 medicines
    1. R05 Cough and cold preparations 81 medicines
      1. R05C Expectorants, excl. combinations with cough suppressants 44 medicines
        1. R05CA Expectorants 15 medicines
          1. R05CA03 guaifenesin 11 medicines
          2. R05CA10 expectorant combinations excluding combinations with cough suppressants 4 medicines

11 more subgroups have no medicine with a leaflet on this site.

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Asda Chesty Cough syrup Guaifenesin Cherry Flavour, Careway Cough Expectorant 100 mg / 5 ml oral solution, Numark Mucus Cough Guaifenesin 100 mg / 5 ml oral solution, Sainsburys Adult Chesty Cough syrup Guaifenesin 100 mg / 5 ml oral solution, Superdrug C (R05CA03 guaifenesin) General sale (GSL)
Benylin Childrens Chesty Coughs, Calcough Sixplus SPC (R05CA03 guaifenesin) –
Benylin dry Coughs Night syrup SPC (R05CA10 expectorant combinations excluding combinations with cough suppressants) Pharmacy medicine (P)
Benylin Mucus Cough Max Honey & Lemon Flavour 100 mg/5 ml syrup SPC (R05CA03 guaifenesin) General sale (GSL)
Benylin Mucus Cough Max Menthol Flavour 100 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC (R05CA03 guaifenesin) General sale (GSL)
Benylin Mucus Cough, Benylin Chesty Coughs (non-drowsy) SPC (R05CA10 expectorant combinations excluding combinations with cough suppressants) –
Care Chesty Cough 200 mg/15 ml syrup SPC (R05CA03 guaifenesin) –
Covonia Chesty Cough Anise & Blackcurrant Flavour sugar free syrup SPC (R05CA03 guaifenesin) –
Covonia Chesty Cough sugar free syrup SPC (R05CA03 guaifenesin) General sale (GSL)
Guaifenesin 200 mg/15 ml syrup SPC (R05CA03 guaifenesin) –
Hills Balsam Chesty Cough liquid SPC (R05CA03 guaifenesin) –
Lemsip Cough for Chesty Cough 50 mg / 5 ml oral solution SPC no longer supplied (R05CA03 guaifenesin) –
Lemsip Cough for Mucus Cough & Catarrh 100 mg / 2.5 mg / 5 ml oral solution, Adult Meltus Chesty Coughs sugar & Colour free (R05CA10 expectorant combinations excluding combinations with cough suppressants) General sale (GSL)
Mentholated Bronchial Balsam SPC (R05CA10 expectorant combinations excluding combinations with cough suppressants) –
Tixylix Chesty Cough SPC no longer supplied (R05CA03 guaifenesin) –

Other groups of the same level

Other names of the ATC group

Sources

  • Patient leaflets and SPCs: the MHRA product information (products.mhra.gov.uk) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
  • Active substances, ATC codes and legal categories: the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d), NHS Business Services Authority
  • World Health Organization (WHO): ATC/DDD classification, group R05CA

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist which medicine is right for you.