Menthol shortage — US supply status & alternatives

Menthol

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🇦🇺 AUST L 326303 · Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd

In supply · Australia

Caring Mill Cough Drops Cherry

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇺🇸 US

In supply in Australia

Reading today’s signals…

✓ Can I substitute?

In supply

no shortage substitution needed

⇄ Best alternative

None listed

refer to prescriber

◷ Expected back

No estimate

No estimate provided

Product attributes reference data we hold

Active ingredient (INN)	Menthol
Brand names	Caring Mill Cough Drops Cherry
Therapeutic category	Auto-created by FDA Drug Enforcement — Foreign Manufacturer Recalls scraper

Controlled substance	No

Marketing-authorisation holders	Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd, Sanofi-Aventis Healthcare Pty Ltd T/A Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, Nova Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Ltd, Neo Health (OTC) Pty Ltd +10 more

Registrations on file	30

Patient information leaflet (PIL)	Not on file

Summary of product characteristics (SPC)	Not on file

Trade price 🇦🇺 Australia · awaiting price ingest

🇦🇺 AU

Ex-manufacturer

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Dispensed (DPMQ)

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Pack

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Not yet captured for Australia

Official pricing isn’t on file for this market yet. PBS (Australia), NHS Drug Tariff (United Kingdom) and CMS NADAC (United States) feeds are prioritised; this panel populates automatically once the data lands.

Global API supply base 🇺🇸 FDA Drug Master Files · active Type II

5 API manufacturers

Manufacturers with an active Type II Drug Master File — i.e. cleared to supply this active ingredient into the US market. A proxy for how concentrated the global manufacturing base is.

Moderate concentration risk

Nagaoka And CO LTDSymrise INCRuchi Menthol PVT LTDSwati Menthol And Allied Chemicals LTDAnhui Huaxin Biotech CO LTD

Manufacturing countries: Germany, India · Source: FDA List of Drug Master Files

Recalls official enforcement reports

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CARING MILL COUGH DROPS CHERRY

Xiamen Kang Zhongyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. · Mar 2026

Class IIdetails ↗

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THERA CARE COLD HOT MEDICATED PATCH

Unexo Life Sciences Private Limited · Oct 2024

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HEALTHWISE MENSTRUAL PAIN RELIEF PATCH

Unexo Life Sciences Private Limited · Oct 2024

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NATURAL CHERRY HONEY HERB THROAT DROPS

CARDINAL HEALTHCARE · Jan 2022

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Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders30 registrations · 14 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
Vicks VapoDrops + Anti-Inflammatory Honey Menthol	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd	Active
Vicks VapoDrops + Anti-Inflammatory Lemon Menthol	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd	Active
Vicks VapoDrops + Immune Support Orange Menthol	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd	Active
Vicks VapoDrops Xtra Strong Menthol Blast Centres lozenges	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd	Active
SPRAY-TISH MENTHOL tramazoline hydrochloride	82mcg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Sanofi-Aventis Healthcare Pty Ltd T/A Sanofi Consumer Healthcare	Active
VOCASEPT SORE THROAT LOZENGES menthol eucalyptus flavour blister pack	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Medix Medi-Drops Butter Menthol	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Nova Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Ltd	Active
Strepsils Herbal Cough + Lozenge Fresh Menthol	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
VOCASEPT PLUS LOZENGES - Menthol blister pack	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Coles Menthol Drops Butter	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Nova Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Ltd	Active
Coles Menthol drops Original	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Nova Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Ltd	Active
Medix Medi-Drops Original Menthol	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Nova Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Ltd	Active
Vicks VapoDrops Xtra Strong Honey Menthol lozenges	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd	Active
NEOVIN MENTHOL ADULT NASAL SPRAY xylometazoline hydrochloride	1 mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Neo Health (OTC) Pty Ltd	Active
Strepsils Menthol Lozenges	—	lozenge	🇬🇧 GB	RECKITT BENCKISER HEALTHCARE (UK) LIMITED	Active

+15 more registrations on file

For health-professional reference only. Mederti aggregates shortage and substitution information from official regulatory sources. It is not clinical advice and data may be incomplete or delayed. Confirm any substitution or supply decision against the primary regulator source, the prescriber, and current clinical references (e.g. AMH) before acting. Terms.