Halal Medicine Checker
Check whether a UK medicine contains halal, haram, or mashbooh (doubtful) ingredients. Our database covers 38 medicines and 40 pharmaceutical ingredients, with scholar rulings across four madhabs.
Database Summary
- 27 Halal verified medicines
- 7 Mashbooh (doubtful) medicines
- 4 Haram medicines
Medicines in Our Database
- Amoxicillin 500mg Capsules — Mashbooh
- Anadin Extra Tablets — Halal ✓
- Beconase Hayfever Nasal Spray — Halal ✓
- Benylin Chesty Coughs Syrup — Mashbooh
- Bonjela Adult Gel — Halal ✓
- Buscopan IBS Relief Tablets — Halal ✓
- Calpol Sugar Free Suspension — Halal ✓
- Canesten Antifungal Cream — Halal ✓
- Cetirizine 10mg Tablets — Halal ✓
- Cod Liver Oil Capsules 1000mg — Haram ✗
- Covonia Chesty Cough Mixture — Haram ✗
- Day Nurse Capsules — Mashbooh
- Dioralyte Relief Sachets — Halal ✓
- E45 Moisturising Cream — Halal ✓
- Gaviscon Advance Liquid — Halal ✓
- Gaviscon Original Liquid — Halal ✓
- Ibuprofen 400mg Tablets — Halal ✓
- Imodium Original Capsules — Haram ✗
- Lactulose Solution — Halal ✓
- Lansoprazole 30mg Capsules — Mashbooh
- Lemsip Max Cold & Flu Sachets — Halal ✓
- Loperamide 2mg Tablets — Halal ✓
- Loratadine 10mg Tablets — Halal ✓
- Metformin 500mg Tablets — Halal ✓
- Movicol Sachets — Halal ✓
- Night Nurse Liquid — Haram ✗
- Nurofen Ibuprofen 200mg Tablets — Mashbooh
- Omeprazole 20mg Capsules — Mashbooh
- Omeprazole 20mg MUPS Tablets — Halal ✓
- Paracetamol 500mg Tablets — Halal ✓
- Piriton Chlorphenamine 4mg Tablets — Halal ✓
- Ranitidine 150mg Tablets — Halal ✓
- Rennie Peppermint Tablets — Halal ✓
- Senokot 7.5mg Tablets — Halal ✓
- Strepsils Original Lozenges — Mashbooh
- Sudafed Decongestant Tablets — Halal ✓
- Ventolin Evohaler — Halal ✓
- Voltarol 12 Hour Gel — Halal ✓
How It Works
- Search for a medicine by name or brand
- View its full ingredient list with halal status for each excipient
- Read scholar rulings from four madhabs (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali)
- Find halal-certified alternatives where available
About This Tool
The Halal Medicine Checker examines not just active ingredients but also excipients — fillers, coatings, and capsule materials — which are the most common source of non-halal ingredients in Western medicines. Common problematic excipients include gelatin (often from porcine sources), magnesium stearate (can be animal-derived), and ethanol-based coatings.