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Medicines containing active substance Glycerol

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 29 medicines with the active substance glycerol.

Medicines containing only glycerol

MedicineLegal category
Childrens 3 Months Plus Simple Cough linctus, Infant sugar free Simple Cough linctus, Boots Cough syrup 3 Months Plus, Infant Simple Cough linctus 3 Months Plus SPC General sale (GSL)
Compound Thymol Glycerin B.P 1988 SPC –
Covonia dry & Tickly Cough Anise & Blackcurrant Flavour sugar free 1.36 g/5 ml oral solution SPC –
Covonia dry & Tickly Cough sugar free 1.36 g/5 ml oral solution SPC –
Glycerin BP SPC –
Glycerin suppositories BP 1 g Infants Size SPC –
Glycerin suppositories BP 2 g Childrens Size SPC –
Glycerol 1 g suppositories SPC General sale (GSL)
Glycerol 2 g suppositories SPC General sale (GSL)
Glycerol 4 g suppositories SPC General sale (GSL)
Morrisons dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75 g/5 ml oral solution, Essential Waitrose dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75 g/5 ml oral solution, Superdrug dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75 g/5 ml oral solution, Wilko dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75 g/5 ml oral solution SPC General sale (GSL)
Superdrug Glycerine Constipation Relief suppositories, Tesco Health Constipation Relief suppositories, Glycerin suppositories BP 4 g Adult Size, Sainsburys Constipation Relief suppositories, Boots Constipation Relief suppositories –
Tixylix Childrens dry & Tickly Cough 15%v/v syrup SPC General sale (GSL)
Tixylix Infant Cough syrup, Tixylix Childrens Cough syrup SPC –
Value Health Glycerin BP, Glycerin BP SPC –
Wilko Tickly Cough 0.75 g/5 ml oral solution,Bells Childrens Cough syrup Blackcurrant Flavour,Asda Childrens dry Cough syrup Glycerin Blackcurrant Flavour,Hills Balsam Childrens dry Tickly Cough 0.75 g/5 ml oral solution,Essential Waitrose Childrens dry T SPC –
Benylin Infants Cough syrup, Calcough Infant syrup, Benylin Childrens Apple Flavour Cough syrup SPC no longer supplied –
Eumocream 25% w/w SPC no longer supplied –

Combinations with glycerol

MedicineLegal category
Glycerol + Calamine + Zinc oxide
Calamine and Glycerin cream SPC no longer supplied –
Glycerol + Choline salicylate
Earex Plus ear drops no longer supplied –
Glycerol + Egg phosphatide + Fish oil
Omegaven SPC Prescription only (POM)
Glycerol + Glucose
Covonia dry & Tickly Cough linctus SPC General sale (GSL)
Glycerin, Lemon and Honey with Glucose SPC –
Glycerol + Honey + Liquid sugar demineralised
Glycerin Honey and Lemon linctus, Glycerin Honey and Lemon Soothing Cough syrup SPC no longer supplied –
Glycerol + Ichthammol
Ichthammol Glycerin B.P.C SPC –
Glycerol + Magnesium sulfate + Phenol
Magnesium Sulfate paste B.P SPC General sale (GSL)
Glycerol + Sucrose
Benylin dry & Tickly Cough syrup SPC General sale (GSL)
Glycerin & Blackcurrant linctus SPC no longer supplied –

Medicines with 4 or more active substances

MedicineOther active substancesLegal category
Lemsip Cough for dry Cough & Sore Throat oral solution, Strepsils Sore Throat & dry Cough syrup SPC Citric acid monohydrate, Honey purified, Lemon oil terpeneless, Syrup General sale (GSL)

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.