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Medicines containing active substance Caffeine

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 55 medicines with the active substance caffeine.

Medicines containing only caffeine

MedicineLegal category
Aqua-ban tablets SPC –
Boots Max strength Sinus Pressure & Pain Relief Day & Night capsules hard, Paramed Max strength Sinus Rellief Day & Night capsules SPC General sale (GSL)
Caffeine Citrate 10 mg / ml solution for injection SPC –
Lem Plus capsules, Cold Relief capsules SPC –
Paracetamol and Caffeine 500 mg / 50 mg soluble tablets SPC –
Paracetamol Plus capsules SPC –
Toptabs SPC –
Wilko Extra Power Pain Reliever tablets, Extra Power Pain Reliever tablets, Extra Power Pain Reliever Caplets, Superdrug Extra Power Pain Reliever, Aspirin Extra tablets, Paramed Extra Power Pain Reliever tablets, Teva Extra Power Pain Reliever tablets SPC –

Combinations with caffeine

MedicineLegal category
Caffeine + Aspirin
Anadin Original SPC –
Beechams powders SPC No prescription needed
Caffeine + Aspirin + Paracetamol
Anadin Extra SPC –
Anadin Extra 300 mg/200 mg/45 mg tablets SPC –
Anadin Extra soluble tablets SPC General sale (GSL)
Extra Power Pain Control Caplets (P) SPC –
Caffeine + Codeine phosphate + Paracetamol
Boots Paracetamol & Codeine Extra, Ultramol soluble, Paracetamol & Codeine Extra effervescent tablets SPC –
Codasolve 8 mg / 500 mg / 30 mg effervescent tablets, Paracetamol Codeine and Caffeine 500 mg / 8 mg / 30 mg effervescent tablets SPC Pharmacy medicine (P)
Solpadeine Max soluble tablets Pharmacy medicine (P)
Solpadeine Plus soluble tablets Pharmacy medicine (P)
Syndol Headache Relief tablets, Co-codamol Plus Caffeine tablets SPC Pharmacy medicine (P)
Veganin –
Boots Paracetamol and Codeine Extra capsules SPC no longer supplied –
Solpadeine Plus tablets SPC no longer supplied –
Caffeine + Paracetamol
Boots Paracetamol Extra 500 mg/65 mg tablets SPC –
Happy Shopper Paracetamol Extra Pain Relief tablets, the Co-operative Paracetamol Extra Pain Relief tablets, Paracetamol and Caffeine 500 mg / 65 mg tablets, Best-in Paracetamol Extra Pain Relief tablets, Essential Waitrose Paracetamol Plus 500 mg / 65 mg No prescription needed
Panadol Extra Advance 500 mg / 65 mg tablets SPC No prescription needed
Panadol Extra soluble tablets SPC General sale (GSL)
Panadol Period Pain 500 mg / 65 mg tablets, Panadol Extra Advance 500 mg / 65 mg tablets SPC General sale (GSL)
Panmigrol Migraine and Headache Relief 250 mg /250 mg /65 mg film coated tablets SPC –
Paracetamol / Caffeine 500 mg / 65 mg tablets SPC No prescription needed
Paracetamol & Caffeine 500 mg / 65 mg effervescent tablets SPC General sale (GSL)
Paracetamol and Caffeine 500 mg / 65 mg tablets SPC General sale (GSL)
Paracetamol and Caffeine 500 mg/65 mg capsules, soft SPC –
Paracetamol Extra Caplets SPC No prescription needed
Solpa Headache 500 mg/65 mg tablets SPC –
Solpapain 500 mg / 65 mg effervescent tablets, Solpadeine Headache soluble tablets SPC General sale (GSL)
Beechams Cold Relief Orange Flavour effervescent tablets SPC no longer supplied –
Mandanol Plus tablets SPC no longer supplied –
Paracetamol and Caffeine 500 mg / 65 mg effervescent tablets, Boots Paracetamol Extra effervescent tablets 500 mg / 65 mg, Parasolve Extra 500 mg / 65 mg effervescent tablets, Paravescent Extra 500 mg / 65 mg effervescent tablets SPC no longer supplied –
Solpadeine Headache tablets, Hedex Extra SPC no longer supplied –
Caffeine + Paracetamol + Phenylephrine hydrochloride
Asda Max strength Sinus Relief capsules hard, Superdrug Max strength Sinus Relief capsules hard, Numark Max strength Sinus Relief capsules hard, Sudafed Congestion & Headache Relief Max strength capsules hard, Sudafed Sinus Max strength capsules hard, Boo SPC General sale (GSL)
Beechams Active Cold Relief Caplets, Beechams Flu-plus Caplets SPC General sale (GSL)
Lemocalm Plus Cold and Flu capsules SPC –
Lemsip Max Daytime Cold and Flu Relief SPC –
Lemsip Max Plus Cold & Flu Relief capsules, Lemsip Max Cold & Flu capsules SPC General sale (GSL)
Maximum Flu strength Caplets SPC –
Morrisons Max strength Cold & Flu capsules hard, Health Essentials Max strength Cold & Flu capsules hard, Numark Max strength Cold & Flu capsules hard, Lloyds Pharmacy Max strength Cold & Flu capsules hard, the Co-operative Max strength Cold & Flu capsule SPC General sale (GSL)
Beechams powders capsules, Beechams Cold & Flu capsules, Beechams Decongestant Plus with Paracetamol SPC no longer supplied –
Lemsip Max Sinus capsules, Lemsip Max Plus Sinus Relief capsules no longer supplied –

Medicines with 4 or more active substances

MedicineOther active substancesLegal category
Alka-seltzer XS SPC Aspirin, Citric acid, Paracetamol, Sodium bicarbonate –
Coldrex tablets SPC Ascorbic acid, Paracetamol, Phenylephrine hydrochloride –
Paracetamol Ascorbicacid Caffeine Terpinhydrate Phenylephrinehydrochloride 500/30/25/20/5 mg tablets SPC Ascorbic acid, Paracetamol, Phenylephrine hydrochloride –
Dolvan tablets SPC no longer supplied Diphenhydramine hydrochloride, Ephedrine hydrochloride, Paracetamol –
Propain Caplets no longer supplied Codeine phosphate, Diphenhydramine hydrochloride, Paracetamol –
Propain Plus SPC no longer supplied Codeine phosphate, Doxylamine succinate, Paracetamol –
Uniflu tablets, Olbas Powerflu tablets no longer supplied Codeine phosphate, Diphenhydramine hydrochloride, Paracetamol, Phenylephrine hydrochloride –

ATC groups

The ATC classification sorts medicines by the organ they act on and by their effect – the group pages list the other medicines of the group too.

Sources: the MHRA product information and the European Medicines Agency (patient leaflets and SPCs), the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d), NHS Business Services Authority (substances, ATC codes and legal categories). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ask your doctor or pharmacist which medicine is right for you.