Bonjela
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Bonjela Original and Bonjela Cool are oral gels, aimed to relieve the pain of mouth ulcers and denture sores. Bonjela gel contains keratolytic and mildly antiseptic salicylic acid in the form of its salt choline salicylate, the antiseptic cetalkonium chloride, and antiseptic ethanol as active ingredients. Both products are suitable only for people aged 16 or over because of a possible association between salicylates and Reye's syndrome.[1][2]
Bonjela Teething Gel, as sold in the UK and Ireland, is a different product aimed to ease the pain of teething in babies. It contains the local anesthetic lidocaine and the antiseptic cetalkonium chloride.
Bonjela Teething Gel sold in Australia does contain choline salicylate and is the same as the adult product, and the recommended daily dose is once every three hours, applied to the area; in contrast, Bonjela UK advises that consumers should NOT use itscholine salicylate-based product for children under the age of 16.[3]
Bonjela Once is a relatively new product and works in a different way to the others, and there is also a mint-flavoured variation called Bonjela Cool, which is only available in some countries.
Bonjela is distributed by Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare and is available in the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, South Africa, Nigeria, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, and many Caribbean countries (such as Trinidad and Tobago).
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- ^ Fears ulcer drug could be fatal for children (Sydney Morning Herald)
- ^ Don't give Bonjela ulcer treatments to children, health watchdog warns parents (Times of London)
- ^ IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE BONJELA RANGE (Bonjela UK Press Release, Last updated: 6th July 2010)
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Bonjela babies does not contain mildly antiseptic salicylic acid in the form of its salt choline salicylate like Bonjela Original or Bonjela Cool
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