DIMOTAPP elixir contains brompheniramine
maleate 4 mg, phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
and phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride 5 mg per 5 ml.
These ingredients are also widely used in other preparations.
A variety of dystonic reactions have been reported
to antihistamines (Committee. on Safety of
Medicines, 1980), but no such reactions have been
reported to Dimotapp elixir or its constituents (Fastner,
1980). Dimotapp is a commonly used drug and was
prescribed, or continued, at 761 consultations in our
practice of 8,000 patients over the last year (University
of Southampton, 1980).