While no medication is truly vegan, because of the fact that it will always have been tested on animals, there are often alternatives to tablets that might contain lactose or gelatine.
This formulary is very much a work in progress, and I’ll keep updating it when I discover more ‘vegan’ medicines.
Cough and Cold Remedies
- LemoCalm Cold and Flu (paracetamol and phenylephrine)
- LemoCalm Max Strength Cold and Flu
- Waitrose Childrens Dry Tickly Cough
Hayfever Relief
Antihistamines
- Piriton Syrup
- Piriteze Syrup
- Clarityn allergy syrup 1mg/ml
- Boots 1yr plus antihistamine syrup
- Benadryl allergy childrens syrup
Nasal Sprays
- Pirinase Nasal Spray
- Waitrose hayfever nasal spray
- Beconase hayfever nasal spray
Eye drops
- Aspire allergy relief 2%
- Optrex allergy 2%
- Cromolux 2% Hay fever Eye Drops
- Tesco Allergy Eye Drops sodium cromoglicate 2%
- Boots Allergy Relief 2% w/v Eye Drops
- Aspire Hayfever Relief 2% w/v Eye Drops
- Numark Hayfever Relief 2% w/v Eye Drops
- Optrex Hayfever Relief 2%w/v Eye Drops
- EM Pharma Hayfever Relief 2%w/v Eye Drops
- Pollenase Hayfever Relief 2%w/v Eye Drops
- Opticrom Hayfever 2.0% w/v Eye Drops, Solution
Other eye care
Non-medicated
- Essential waitrose brightening eye drops
- Essential waitrose reviving eye drops
- Waitrose saline solution
Antibiotic drops
- Bacterial conjunctivitis antibiotic drops
- Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment
- Golden eye antibiotic 1% eye ointment
- Optrex bacterial conjunctivitis 1% eye ointment
- Boots pharmacy antibiotic eye ointment
Nicotine replacement therapy
- NiQuitin menthol mint 2 mg Gum
- NiQuitin gum 2mg, 4mg
- NiQuitin Lozenge 2mg, 4mg
- NiQuitin Minis Lozenges
- Niquitin Strip
Pain relief
Paracetamol
- Boots Paracetamol 500mg caplets
- Bristol laboratories paracetamol 500mg tablets and caplets
- Bristol laboratories paracetamol and caffeine tablets 500mg/65mg
Co-codamol
- Co-codamol 8/500 – Bristol laboratories
Ibuprofen
Stomach upset remedies
- Andrews Original Salts
- Eno Lemon Or Andrews Lemon
- Eno Regular
- Gaviscon Advance Peppermint Suspension
- Essential Waitrose indigestion relief
- Pepto-Bismol
- Dioralyte sachets
- Kaolin and morphine mixture
Laxatives
- Boots syrup of figs laxative
- Essential waitrose senna
- Movicol 13.8g sachet
- Senokot syrup
Bottom Care
Piles
- Germaloids cream
Worms
- Ovex suspension
Skincare
Emollients
- Boots 50/50 ointment
Steroid applications
- Boots Dermacare Hydrocortisone 1% ointment
- Hydrocortisone 1% w/w ointment