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CHILDRENS COLD AND COUGH

Dosage form
SOLUTION
Labeler
Kroger Company
Label updated
2026-02-19
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Active ingredients
BROMPHENIRAMINE MALEATE · DEXTROMETHORPHAN HYDROBROMIDE
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Active ingredients (in each 10 mL)

Brompheniramine maleate 2 mg

Dextromethorphan HBr 10 mg

Purposes

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 upper respiratory allergies)
  • •temporarily alleviates the intensity of coughing
Warnings

Do not use

  • •if you are now taking a prescription monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for depression, psychiatric, or emotional conditions, or Parkinson’s disease), or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI drug. If you do not know if your prescription drug contains an MAOI, ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking this product.
  • •to make a child sleepy

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 such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis
  • •cough that lasts or is chronic such as occurs with smoking, asthma, 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 beverages
  • •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 for more than 7 days, comes back, or is accompanied by fever, rash, or persistent headache. A persistent cough may be a sign of a serious condition.

If pregnant or breast-feeding,

ask a health professional before use.

Keep out of reach of children.

In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away (1-800-222-1222).

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 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 4 mg
  • •store at 20°-25°C (68°-77°F)
Inactive ingredients

anhydrous citric acid, edetate disodium, FD&C blue no. 1, FD&C red no. 40, flavor, glycerin, propylene glycol, purified water, saccharin sodium, sodium benzoate, sorbitol solution

Questions or comments?

Call 1-800-632-6900

Package/Label Principal Display Panel

Kroger® health

COMPARE TO THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IN DIMETAPP® COLD & COUGH

CHILDREN’S

ALCOHOL-FREE

Cold & Cough

6 YEARS & OLDER

Brompheniramine Maleate

Antihistamine

Dextromethorphan HBr

Cough Suppressant

Safe and Effective Relief Without Phenylephrine

DOSING CUP INCLUDED

RELIEVES: RUNNY NOSE; ITCHY, WATERY EYES; COUGHING; SNEEZING

GRAPE FLAVORED

4 FL OZ (118 mL)

[Image in the official label — see DailyMed source]

DailyMed Set ID: 8196b482-070e-4d7d-8943-129141f926ee · Version 2
NDC: 30142-780