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Betahistine
بتاهیستین
🧠 Nervous SystemHistamine analogue
🤰 Pregnancy:Use with caution🤱 Breastfeeding:Use with caution👶 Children:Safety not established 🇮🇷 Registered in Iran⛔ 2 contraindicationsATC N07CA01
Market / country: 🇬🇧 UK
Serc (GB)
🧮 Dose calculator
Ménière's disease (vertigo, tinnitus) · Regimen source: UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.2
- • Preferably with meals. Maintenance usually 24–48 mg/day. Caution in peptic ulcer and asthma. UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.2UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.4
Enter age (weight is optional for this regimen).
🛡️ Safety & information
Contraindications
- ⛔ Phaeochromocytoma; hypersensitivity. UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.3
- ⛔ Not recommended under 18 years. UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.2
Formulations
- 8 mg tablet — tablet 🇬🇧 UK UK SmPC Serc 8 · 2
👥 Special populations
- 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution
Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.6
“and lactation Pregnancy There are no adequate data from the use of betahistine in pregnant women.”
- 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution
Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.6
“Betahistine is excreted in rat milk.”
- 👶 ChildrenSafety not established
Label: safety and effectiveness in children have not been established. UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.2
“Paediatric population: not recommended for use in children below 18 years due to insufficient data on safety and efficacy.”
- 👴 Older adultsNo data
The source for this drug has no section for this group.
- ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data
The source for this drug has no section for this group.
🔗 Reference links
- FDA (approval record)❌ None
- DailyMed (FDA label)❌ None
- MedlinePlus (NIH)❌ None
- WHO ATC/DDDN07CA01
- Darooyab (Iran)Betahistine
- eMC (UK label)UK SmPC Serc 8
🇮🇷 Registered in Iran Darooyab · G-3629/Betahistine
Dosage forms with Iranian generic codes, per Darooyab.
- 08828 · BETAHISTINE 2HCL 16MG TAB · قرص بتاهیستین ۲ هیدروکلراید ۱۶ میلیگرم
- 00148 · BETAHISTINE 2HCL 8MG TAB · قرص بتاهیستین ۲ هیدروکلراید ۸ میلیگرم
📚 Reference status for this drug
Shows which sources have references recorded for this drug and which do not.
- FDA label (DailyMed)❌ Not present
- UK SmPC (eMC / MHRA)✅ PresentUK SmPC Serc 8 · 2UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.2UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.4UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.3UK SmPC Serc 8 · 4.6
- Published guideline❌ Not present
- Licensed reference (medical school)❌ Not present
- Iranian leaflet (IFDA)❌ Not present
- Pharmacy website (secondary, unreliable)✅ PresentDarooyab · G-3629/Betahistine
- Clinical review⚠ Unverified