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DimetappCough and Allergy

Dosage form
TABLET, CHEWABLE
Labeler
Foundation Consumer Healthcare
Label updated
2024-04-15
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Active ingredients
DIPHENHYDRAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE
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Label information

Drug Facts

유효 성분

Diphenhydramine HCl 12.5 mg

성분·작용

Active ingredients (in each chewable tablet) Purposes
Diphenhydramine HCl 12.5 mg Antihistamine/Cough suppresant

Uses
  • temporarily relieves:
    • cough
    • runny nose
    • sneezing
    • itching of the nose or throat
    • itchy, watery eyes due to hay fever
  • temporarily alleviates the intensity of coughing
주의사항

Warnings

Do not use

  • to sedate a child or make a child sleepy
  • with any other product containing diphenhydramine, even one used on skin

Ask a doctor before use if you have

  • glaucoma
  • trouble urinating due to enlarged prostate gland
  • cough that occurs with too much phlegm (mucus)
  • a breathing problem or chronic cough that lasts or as occurs with smoking, asthma, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema

Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are

taking sedatives or tranquilizers

When using this product

  • may cause marked drowsiness
  • avoid alcoholic drinks
  • alcohol, sedatives, and tranquilizers may increase drowsiness
  • be careful when driving a vehicle or operating machinery
  • excitability may occur, expecially in children

Stop use and ask a doctor if

cough lasts more than 7 days, comes back, or is accompanied by fever, rash, or persistent headache. These could be signs of a serious condition.

If pregnant or breast-feeding

ask a health professional before use.

Label information

Keep out of reach of children. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Directions
  • chew or crush tablets completely before swallowing, do not swallow tablets whole
  • do not take more than 6 doses in 24 hours

age dose
adults and children 12 years and over take 2 tablets every 4 hours not to exceed 12 tablets in 24 hours
children 6 to under 12 years take 1 tablet every 4 hours not to exceed 6 tablets in 24 hours
children under 6 years do not use

Other information
  • store at 20-25°C (68-77°​F)
  • avoid high humidity
Inactive ingredients

D&C red no.27 aluminum lake, D&C red no.30 aluminum lake, dextrates hydrated, ethylcellulose, FD&C blue no.1 aluminum lake, flavor, hydroxypropyl cellulose, magnesium stearate, mannitol, modified corn starch, stearic acid, sucralose, sucrose

Questions or comments?

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Label information

Distributed by:

Foundation Consumer Healthcare, LLC

Pittsburgh, PA 15212

PRINCIPAL DISPLAY PANEL - 24 ct Carton

CHILDREN'S

Dimetapp

DIPHENHYDRAMINE HCl, 12.5 mg

(Antihistamine/Cough Suppressant)

GREAT CHEWABLE TASTE

Cough & Allergy

Relieves + comforts:

  • Cough
  • Itchy throat
  • Sneezing
  • Runny nose

6+ years

24 CHEWABLE TABLETS

Grape-Flavored

[Image in the official label — see DailyMed source]

DailyMed Set ID: 15b0f5ff-202a-d19f-e063-6394a90af2b8 · Version 2
NDC: 69536-370