GRAVOL SUPPOSITORIES
As listed in the register: GRAVOL SUPPOSITORIES
100 mg · suppository
- Available without prescription
- Breathing, airways, allergies and cough
- Active substance
- Dimenhydrinate
- Made by
- Church & Dwight Canada Corp
- Source
- Official label
Quoted from the official source. Not yet reviewed by Mediclarum — the leaflet in your pack is authoritative.
What it is for
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How it works
From the US prescribing label for the same active substance (Dimenhydrinate). It describes the substance, not this exact product.
While the precise mode of action of dimenhydrinate is not known, it has a depressant action on hyperstimulated labyrinthine function.
Quoted from the prescribing label, sections “Mechanism of Action” and “Pharmacokinetics”. DailyMed · 2025-01-15
Safety of the active substance
From the US prescribing label for the same active substance (Dimenhydrinate). It describes the substance, not this exact product.
- Neonates and patients with a history of hypersensitivity to dimenhydrinate or its components (diphenhydramine or 8-chlorotheophylline) should not be treated with dimenhydrinate.
- Note: This product contains Benzyl Alcohol.
- Benzyl Alcohol has been associated with a fatal “Gasping Syndrome” in premature infants and infants of low birth weight.
The most frequent adverse reaction to dimenhydrinate is drowsiness.
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 StatesNo exact match for this strength and form
FranceNo exact match for this strength and form
Details
| Made by | Church & Dwight Canada Corp |
|---|---|
| Active substance | Dimenhydrinate |
| Used in | Breathing, airways, allergies and cough |
| Strength | 100 mg |
| Form | suppository |
| Classification | R06AA11 · Breathing, airways, allergies and cough |
| Route | rectal |
| Dispensing (as stated by the register) | NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS |
| Status | Marketed |
| Marketed | Yes, according to the register |
| DIN | 00013609 |
| DPD drug code | 193 |
Source: Drug Product Database · 2026-09-30 · not reviewed by a clinician
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Same active substance
These contain the same substance. That does not mean one can replace another — ask a pharmacist.