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DimetappNighttime Cold and Cough

Dosage form
SOLUTION
Labeler
Foundation Consumer Healthcare
Label updated
2024-06-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Active ingredients
DIPHENHYDRAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE
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Label information

Drug Facts

유효 성분

성분·작용

Active ingredient (in each 10 mL) Purpose
Diphenhydramine HCl, 12.5 mg Antihistamine/cough suppressant
Uses
  • temporarily relieves:
    • cough
    • runny nose
    • sneezing
    • itching of the nose or throat
    • itchy, watery eyes due to hay fever (or other respiratory allergies)
  • relieves the impluse to cough to help you sleep
Warnings

Do not use

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

Ask a doctor before use if you have

  • trouble urinating due to an enlarged prostate gland
  • glaucoma
  • 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

  • do not use more than directed
  • may cause marked drowsiness
  • avoid alcoholic drinks
  • alcohol, sedatives, and tranquilizers may increase drowsiness
  • be careful when driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery
  • excitability may occur, especially 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.

Label information

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
  • do not take more than 6 doses in any 24-hour period
  • measure only with dosage cup provided
  • keep dosage cup with product
  • mL = milliliter
age dose
adults and children 12 years and over 20 mL every 4 hours
children 6 to under 12 years 10 mL every 4 hours
children under 6 years do not use
Other information
  • each 10 mL contains: sodium 8 mg
  • store at 20-25°C (68-77°F)
  • do not refrigerate
Inactive ingredients

anhydrous citric acid, artificial flavor, FD&C blue no.1, FD&C red no. 40, glycerin, propyl gallate, propylene glycol, purified water, sodium benzoate, sodium citrate, sorbitol solution, sucralose

Questions or comments?

Call 1-888-594-0828 weekdays 9 AM to 5 PM EST

Label information

Distributed by:
Foundation Consumer Healthcare, LLC
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

PRINCIPAL DISPLAY PANEL - 118 mL Bottle Carton

NEW FORMULA

CHILDREN'S
Dimetapp ®

DIPHENHYDRAMINE HCl (Antihistamine/Cough Suppressant)

PHARMACIST
RECOMMENDED

Nighttime
Cold &
Cough

Relieves + comforts:

  • Runny nose
  • Itchy, watery eyes
  • Sneezing
  • Cough

6+
YRS

4 FL OZ
(118 mL)

Grape Flavor • Alcohol Free

[Image in the official label — see DailyMed source]

DailyMed Set ID: 179115ad-d610-99b2-e063-6294a90ae711 · Version 1
NDC: 69536-345