Vegan Over-The-Counter Medications

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