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Delsym Cough

Dosage form
TABLET
Labeler
Reckitt Benckiser LLC
Label updated
2026-05-27
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Active ingredients
DEXTROMETHORPHAN HYDROBROMIDE
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Label information

Drug Facts

Active ingredient (in each caplet)

Dextromethorphan HBr 15 mg

Purpose

Cough suppressant

Use

temporarily relieves

  • cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation as may occur with the common cold or inhaled irritants
  • the impulse to cough to help you get to sleep
Warnings

Label information

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.

Ask a doctor before use if you have

  • chronic cough that lasts such as occurs with smoking, asthma, or emphysema
  • cough that occurs with too much phlegm (mucus)

Label information

Stop use and ask a doctor if cough lasts more than 7 days, comes back, or occurs with 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
  • dose as follows or as directed by a doctor
  • adults and children 12 years of age and over:
    take 2 caplets every 6 to 8 hours as needed, not to exceed 8 caplets in 24 hours
  • children under 12 years of age:
    do not use
Other information
  • store at 20-25°C (68-77°F)
Inactive ingredients

FD&C yellow no. 6 aluminum lake, hypromellose, isomalt, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, povidone, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide

Questions?

1-866-682-4639

You may also report side effects to this phone number.

PRINCIPAL DISPLAY PANEL - 20 Caplet Blister Pack Carton

[Image in the official label — see DailyMed source]

DailyMed Set ID: a43d59f9-3a6c-4a7c-b98d-b86d6035f716 · Version 5
NDC: 72854-351