From the official label (Feb 2025). Your prescription and pharmacist come first.
What the official label says. If a doctor prescribed it, follow the prescription. Your pack's leaflet comes first if it is different.
Carbo Veg Exhaustion
If symptoms worsen or persist for more than 7 days, or if pregnant or nursing, consult a licensed practitioner.
Keep out of reach of children.
Take it when you remember, unless it is nearly time for the next dose. Then skip the missed one. Never take two doses at once to make up for it. Check your leaflet, as some medicines are different.
Prices in other countries are not what you will pay where you live; they show how prices compare.
Price of Activated charcoal in: United Kingdom
Products with Activated charcoal as the active ingredient. Names differ between countries.
Other countries: check your pack's registration number and we point you to your regulator.
A recall usually affects certain batches only. Compare the lot number on your pack.
Type the registration number on the pack, or scan it with your camera.
Carbo Veg Exhaustion (From the official U.S. FDA label.)
Follow your prescription or the leaflet in your pack. The official label says: Adults & children: Dissolve 4 pellets under the tongue 3 times a day or as directed by a licensed practitioner. Other information: Do not use if seal is broken.…
If pregnant or nursing, consult a licensed practitioner. Ask your doctor or midwife first.
If symptoms worsen or persist for more than 7 days, or.
In many countries Activated charcoal is sold without a prescription in some strengths. Rules differ by country, so ask a pharmacist.
Activated charcoal is sold under names such as Actidose, Insta-char, Charcocaps, Carbo Vegetabilis. Brand names differ between countries.
The label gives a separate dose by age: children: Dissolve 4 pellets under. Check the pack or ask a pharmacist.
Scan the registration number on your pack with PillVera (NAFDAC number in Nigeria, NDC in the United States, DIN in Canada), check the expiry date and buy only from licensed pharmacies.
This page shows what official sources say, in plain words. It is not medical advice: your prescription and your doctor or pharmacist come first. Brand names, strengths and rules differ between countries.