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good neighbor pharmacy cold and cough

Dosage form
SOLUTION
Labeler
Amerisource Bergen
Label updated
2026-05-15
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Active ingredients
BROMPHENIRAMINE MALEATE · DEXTROMETHORPHAN HYDROBROMIDE · PHENYLEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE
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Active ingredients (in each 10 mL)

Brompheniramine maleate, USP 2 mg

Dextromethorphan HBr, USP 10 mg

Phenylephrine HCl, USP 5 mg

Purposes

Antihistamine

Cough suppressant

Nasal decongestant

Uses
  • •temporarily relieves cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation occurring with a cold, and nasal congestion due to the common cold, hay fever or other upper respiratory allergies
  • •temporarily relieves these symptoms due to hay fever (allergic rhinitis):
  • •runny nose
  • •sneezing
  • •itchy, watery eyes
  • •itching of the nose or throat
  • •temporarily restores freer breathing through the nose
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

  • •heart disease
  • •high blood pressure
  • •thyroid disease
  • •diabetes
  • •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

  • •you get nervous, dizzy or sleepless
  • •symptoms do not get better within 7 days or are accompanied by fever
  • •cough lasts for more than 7 days, comes back, or occurs with 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 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 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?

1-800-719-9260

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Compare to Children’s Dimetapp® Cold & Cough active ingredients

FOR AGES 6 YRS & OVER

children’s

Cold & Cough

antihistamine, brompheniramine maleate

cough suppressant, dextromethorphan HBr

nasal decongestant, phenylephrine HCl

Dibromm

Relieves Nasal Symptoms

Stuffy Nose

Runny Nose

Sneezing

Plus Other Symptoms

Itchy, Watery Eyes

Cough

Alcohol Free

Grape Flavor

4 fl oz (118 mL)

[Image in the official label — see DailyMed source]

DailyMed Set ID: da91e6b6-32ff-44fd-afce-33ea9549554b · Version 5
NDC: 24385-519