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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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