CETIRIZINE
As listed in the register: CETIRIZINE
5 mg · tablet
- Available without prescription
- Breathing, airways, allergies and cough
- Active substance
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride
- Made by
- Apotex Inc
- Source
- Official label
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What it is for
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How it works
This product’s leaflet is published as a scanned document. This section quotes the US prescribing label for the same active substance (cetirizine hydrochloride). It describes the substance, not this Bulgarian product — its uses and doses can differ.
Mechanism of Actions Cetirizine, a human metabolite of hydroxyzine, is an antihistamine; its principal effects are mediated via selective inhibition of peripheral H 1 receptors.
The antihistaminic activity of cetirizine has been clearly documented in a variety of animal and human models.
Cetirizine is metabolized to a limited extent by oxidative O-dealkylation to a metabolite with negligible antihistaminic activity.
Food had no effect on the extent of cetirizine exposure (AUC) but T max was delayed by 1.7 hours and C max was decreased by 23% in the presence of food.
Quoted from the prescribing label, sections “Mechanism of Action” and “Pharmacokinetics”. DailyMed · 2025-10-16
Safety of the active substance
This product’s leaflet is published as a scanned document. This section quotes the US prescribing label for the same active substance (cetirizine hydrochloride). It describes the substance, not this Bulgarian product — its uses and doses can differ.
- Cetirizine hydrochloride oral solution, USP is contraindicated in those patients with a known hypersensitivity to it or any of its ingredients or hydroxyzine.
Quoted from the US prescribing label for the same active substance. Your own pack’s leaflet is the authority for your product. DailyMed
Same active substance, strength and form in other countries
Matched on active substance, strength and kind of form only. This is not a statement that the products are equivalent or interchangeable: other ingredients, release and approved uses can differ — ask a pharmacist before swapping.
Medicine passport: one printable page to show a pharmacist abroad
United States13 matching products
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride 5 mg · Tablet, Film CoatedWithout prescription7 makers
- Cetirizine Hcl 5 mg · TabletWithout prescription
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride (allergy) 5 mg · TabletWithout prescription
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride (hives Relief) 5 mg · TabletWithout prescription
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride Hives Relief 5 mg · TabletWithout prescription
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride Tablets, 5 Mg 5 mg · TabletWithout prescription
- Zyrtec Allergy 5 mg · Tablet, Film CoatedWithout prescription
BulgariaNo exact match for this strength and form
SpainNo exact match for this strength and form
NetherlandsNo exact match for this strength and form
SwitzerlandNo exact match for this strength and form
Details
| Made by | Apotex Inc |
|---|---|
| Active substance | Cetirizine Hydrochloride |
| Used in | Breathing, airways, allergies and cough |
| Strength | 5 mg |
| Form | tablet |
| Classification | R06AE07 · Breathing, airways, allergies and cough |
| Route | oral |
| Dispensing (as stated by the register) | NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS |
| Status | Approved |
| Marketed | No — authorised but not currently marketed, according to the register |
| DIN | 02375087 |
| DPD drug code | 86048 |
Source: Drug Product Database · 2026-09-30 · not reviewed by a clinician
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Other strengths and forms
5 products are sold under this name. Grouped by form; a number on a strength means several companies make it.
- tablet5 products
5 mg2
5 mg · 2 companies
- Apotex Inc · this page
- Jamp Pharma Corporation
- 10 mg
20 mg2
20 mg · 2 companies
Same active substance
These contain the same substance. That does not mean one can replace another — ask a pharmacist.