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Dextromethorphan hydrobromide, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and triprolidine hydrochloride

Purpose on the label: Cough Suppressant Nasal Decongestant Antihistamine

Cough, cold and flu

Official FDA data, not advice

The label text is quoted exactly as the company filed it with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with a link to the official copy. The list of brands comes from the FDA NDC Directory.

This page is not medical advice. Read the label on your package, and ask a pharmacist or doctor if you are not sure a medicine is right for you, for your child, or with your other medicines.

If someone may have taken too much, call Poison Help: 1‑800‑222‑1222. In an emergency, call 911.

Quick answers

What is Dextromethorphan hydrobromide, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and triprolidine hydrochloride used for?
The Drug Facts label of Triponel (Llorens Pharmaceutical International Division, Inc.) lists these uses: helps to control the reflex that causes coughing temporarily relieves nasal congestion due to common cold, hay fever, or other upper respiratory allergies (allergic: rhinitis) temporarily relieves these symptoms due to hay fever or upper respiratory allergies: runny nose itchy, watery eyes sneezing itching of the nose or throat.
Do I need a prescription for Dextromethorphan hydrobromide, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and triprolidine hydrochloride?
No. The products on this page are sold without a prescription (over the counter).
Is a store brand the same as the name brand?
Products listed together below have the same active ingredients, in the same amount and the same form, as registered with the FDA. Inactive ingredients (such as colors, flavors and fillers) and package sizes can differ. Compare the “Active ingredient” box on both packages, and ask a pharmacist if you are not sure.
Has Dextromethorphan hydrobromide, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and triprolidine hydrochloride been recalled?
No recall linked to these products appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

Drug Facts label

Every over-the-counter medicine must carry a “Drug Facts” box in the same order, set by FDA rules. Below is the label of one product for each common strength and form, quoted word for word. Your own package can differ (for example, children’s products have other directions): always follow the label on your package.

Triponel · Llorens Pharmaceutical International Division, Inc.

Dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg/5 mL · Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 30 mg/5 mL · Triprolidine hydrochloride 30 mg/5 mL, liquid (oral)

Active ingredient

Dextromethorphan HBr Pseudoephedrine HCl Triprolidine HCl

Purpose

Cough Suppressant Nasal Decongestant Antihistamine

Uses

helps to control the reflex that causes coughing temporarily relieves nasal congestion due to common cold, hay fever, or other upper respiratory allergies (allergic: rhinitis) temporarily relieves these symptoms due to hay fever or upper respiratory allergies: runny nose itchy, watery eyes sneezing itching of the nose or throat

Warnings

Do not use

if you are taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for drepssion, psychiatric, or emotional conditions, or Parkinson's disease), or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI drug. If you do not know if your presciption drug conatins an MAOI, ask a doctor or pharmacist before using this product.

Ask a doctor before use if

you have heart disaese high blood pressure thyroid disease diabetes difficulty in urination due to an enlargment of the prostate gland a cough with too much phlegm (mucus) a persistent or chronic cough as occurs with smoking, asthma, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema

Ask a doctor before use if

you are taking sedatives, transquilizers or drugs for depression or MAOI drugs.

When using this product

do not exceed recommended dose excitability may occur, especially in children drowsiness may occur avoid alcoholic beverages alcohol, sedative and tranquilizers may increase drowsiness be careful when driving a motor vehicle or operating machiney

Stop use and ask a doctor if

nervoisness, dizziness or sleeplessness occurs cough lasts for more than 7 days, comes back, or occurs with a fever, rash or headache that lasts. These could be signs of a serious condition.

If pregnant or breast-feeding

ask a health prodessional before use.

Keep out of reach of children

In case of overdose, get medical help or contact Poinson Control Center right away.

Directions

Do not exceed more than 4 doses in any 24-hour period or as directed by a doctor.

Age Dose
Adults and children 12 years of age and over Take 2 teaspoonfuls (10 mL) every 6 hours
Children 6 to under 12 years of age Take 1 teaspoonful (5mL) every 6 hours
Children under 6 Ask a doctor

Inactive ingredients

artificial flavor, citric acid, glycerin, methylparaben, propylene glycol, propylparaben, purified water, sodium citrate, and sucralose.

Questions?

1-866-595-5598

— FDA label of Triponel, Llorens Pharmaceutical International Division, Inc., effective December 31, 2025. See the official label on DailyMed →

This page is not medical advice. Read the label on your package, and ask a pharmacist or doctor if you are not sure a medicine is right for you, for your child, or with your other medicines.

Same medicine, other brands

Each group lists the products that have exactly the same active ingredients, in the same amount and form, as registered with the FDA (NDC Directory). A store brand in the same group has the same medicine as the name brand; inactive ingredients, flavors and package sizes can differ. Each product links to its own official label.

Dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg/5 mL · Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 30 mg/5 mL · Triprolidine hydrochloride 30 mg/5 mL · liquid (oral) · 1 product

Drug Facts for this strength and form ↑

Brand or product nameCompany on the labelLabel
Triponel Llorens Pharmaceutical International Division, Inc. DailyMed
Dextromethorphan hydrobromide 20 mg/5 mL · Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 30 mg/5 mL · Triprolidine hydrochloride 2.5 mg/5 mL · syrup (oral) · 1 product
Brand or product nameCompany on the labelLabel
HISTEX-DM New Formulation Allegis Pharmaceuticals, LLC —

Companies that sell this medicine

The company named on the package (maker or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of over-the-counter products of this medicine.

Recalls

No recall linked to these products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports.

Next steps

Sources

  1. Drug labeling (SPL, openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  2. NDC Directory (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  3. Drug recall enforcement reports (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 27, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  4. FDA rule for the Drug Facts label (21 CFR 201.66)

Only medicines marketed under FDA rules for nonprescription drugs (an FDA monograph or an FDA approval) are listed. Homeopathic products are not listed: the FDA does not evaluate them for safety or effectiveness.

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