Our Ingredients
Active Ingredient: Diphenhydramine HCl
The active ingredient in BENADRYL® is an antihistamine called diphenhydramine HCl. Antihistamines are used for relief from symptoms related to hay fever, upper respiratory allergy, or the common cold.
BENADRYL® Ingredients
Carnauba Wax
Gives the tablets their shine
Croscarmellose Sodium NF
Helps break down the tablet in your stomach
D&C Red No. 27 Aluminum Lake
Provides nice color
Dibasic Calcium Phosphate
Helps hold the tablet together
Hypromellose
Helps mask bitter taste
Magnesium Stearate
Coats ingredients and helps prevent them from sticking to each other and to other things
Microcrystalline Cellulose NF (Avicel PH-102)
Helps hold the tablet together
Polyethylene Glycol
Helps maintain the flexibility and structure of the tablet coating
Polysorbate 80
Helps incorporate the coating ingredients to make them uniform
Titanium Dioxide
Creates a bright white coating
Children's BENADRYL® Ingredients
Anhydrous Citric Acid
Helps keep the product stable and improves flavor
Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium
Thickens to improve the consistency of the product
Edetate Disodium
Helps keep the product stable
D&C Red No. 33
Provides kid friendly color
FD&C Blue No. 1
Provides kid friendly color
FD&C Red No. 40
Provides kid friendly color
Flavors (Bubble Gum)
Improves the flavor of the product
Flavors (Cherry)
Improves the flavor of the product
Glycerin
Used to sweeten and help dissolve the active ingredient in medicine
Monoammonium Glycyrrhizinate MM 100P
Used to improve flavor by blocking bitterness
Poloxamer 407 NF
Thickens to improve the consistency of the product
Purified Water
Acts as a base for our products
Saccharin Sodium
Provides sweetness to improve taste and flavor
Sodium Chloride USP
Helps keep product stable and improves flavor
Sodium Citrate
Helps keep product stable
Sodium Citrate Dihydrate
Helps keep product stable
Sodium Benzoate
Helps keep the product stable
Sorbitol Solution
Provides hydration and sweetness to improve the flavor
Sucralose
Provides sweetness and blocks bitterness of the active ingredient to improve the flavor
Sucrose
Provides sweetness to improve the flavor
Other Children’s BENADRYL® Ingredients
Crospovidone, D&C red no. 30 aluminum lake, D&C red no.7 calcium lake, dextrose excipient, ethylcellulose, gum arabic, sugar spheres, and tartaric acid
Topical BENADRYL® Ingredients
Alcohol, camphor, cetyl alcohol, citric acid, diazolidinyl urea, glycerin, methylparaben, polyethylene glycol monostearate 1000, povidone, propylene glycol, propylparaben, SD alcohol 38-B, sodium citrate, and tromethamine
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