Citalopram
Sold as Cipramil, Adco-talomil, Adco talomil, Cilift, Citalopram oethmaan, Citalo unimed, Ran-citalopram, Simayla citalopram, Seran, Acti-lift, DRL citalopram, Recita, Gulf citalopram, Arrow citalopram, Auro-citalopram, Bio citalopram, Deprecitel, Sitallor, Etramomil, Citalopram actor, Cipla-citalopram, Depramil, Tamomilt, Merck citalopram, *Citalopram austell, * citalopram austell, Cilate, Citalogen, Ciloram, Citalopram-winthrop
1-[3-(Dimethylamino)propyl]-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3H-2-benzofuran-5-carbonitrile
Drag to rotate. Structure from PubChem CID 2771.
Background
Registration
- Applicants
- 21
- Registrations
- 55
- Schedule source
- Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026
Applicants and registrations
| Applicant | Brands | Dosages | Registrations | Schedule | Leaflets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adcock ingram limited1 of 4 cancelled | Cipramil, Adco-talomil, Adco talomil | 10mg/20mg/40 mg, 20 mg | 290232, 350271, 350272, 350273 | S5 | PIPIL |
| Pharmacare limited û woodmeadCertificate held by Pharmacare Ltd | Cilift | 20 mg | 360092 | S5 | PIPIL |
| Oethmaan Biosims (Pty) Ltd | Citalopram oethmaan | 20 mg, 40 | 360469, 380091 | S5 | PIPIL |
| Unimed Healthcare (Pty) Ltd | Citalo unimed | 20 | 360518 | S5 | None |
| Ranbaxy (SA) (Pty) Ltd | Ran-citalopram | 10, 20, 40 | 380034, 380036, 380039 | S5 | None |
| Ranbaxy Pharmaceutical (Pty) Ltd | Simayla citalopram, Seran | 10, 40 | 380035, 380038 | S5 | None |
| Trinity Pharma (Pty) Ltd | Simayla citalopram, Tamomilt, Merck citalopram, Citalogen | 10, 20, 40 | 380037, A380547, A380548, A380549, A400108 | S5 | None |
| Activo Health (Pty) Ltd | Acti-lift | 20 mg | 410297 | S5 | None |
| Dr Reddyæs Laboratories (Pty) LtdCancelled | DRL citalopram | 40 | 410459 | S5 | None |
| Aurogen South Africa (Pty) Ltd | Recita, Auro-citalopram | 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg | 410531, 420850, 420851, 420855, 420856 | S5 | None |
| Gulf Drug Company (Pty) Ltd | Gulf citalopram | 20 | 420214 | S5 | None |
| Astral Pharma (Pty) Ltd | Arrow citalopram | 20, 40 | 420718, 420719 | S5 | PIPIL |
| Biotech Laboratories (Pty) Ltd | Bio citalopram | 10, 20, 30 | 421009, 421010, 421067 | S5 | None |
| Dezzo Trading 392 (Pty) Ltd | Deprecitel | 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg | 570134, 570135, 570136 | S5 | None |
| Hetero Drugs South Africa (Pty) Ltd | Sitallor, Etramomil | 10 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg | 570543, 570544, 570545, 570546, 570547.543, 570548.544, 570549.544, 570550.546 | S5 | None |
| Cipla Medpro (Pty) Ltd3 of 5 cancelled | Citalopram actor, Cipla-citalopram, Depramil | 10, 20, 40 | A380486, A380487, A380488, A380489, A380490 | S5 | None |
| Austell Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd | *Citalopram austell, * citalopram austell | 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg | A390337, A390338, A390339 | S5 | None |
| Unicorn Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd | Cilate | 20 mg | A390548 | S5 | PIPIL |
| Merck Generics Rsa (Pty) Ltd | Citalogen | 10, 40 | A400107, A400109 | S5 | None |
| Novagen Pharma (Pty) LtdCancelled | Ciloram | 20 mg | A400564 | S5 | PIPIL |
| Sanofi-aventis South Africa (Pty) LtdCancelled | Citalopram-winthrop | 20 mg | A400740 | S5 | PIPIL |
Variants
| Product | Strength and form | Registration | Status | Schedule | Leaflets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cipramil 20 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20 mg | 20 mg | 29023229/1.2/0232 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Adco-talomil 10 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10mg/20mg/40 mg.Film-coated tablets. | 35027135/1.2/0271Approved 28 February 2021 | Registered | S5 | PIPIL |
| Adco talomil 20 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 10mg/20mg/40 mg.Film-coated tablets. | 35027235/1.2/0272Approved 28 February 2021 | Registered | S5 | PIPIL |
| Adco-talomil 40 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 10mg/20mg/40 mg.Film-coated tablets. | 35027335/1.2/0273Approved 28 February 2021 | Cancelled | S5 | PIPIL |
| Cilift 20 MG tablet EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mgTablets | 36009236/1.2/0092Approved 24 May 2022 | Registered | S5 | PIPIL |
| Citalopram 20 oethmaan EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mgFilm-coated tablets | 36046936/1.2/0469Approved 9 June 2022 | Registered | S5 | PIPIL |
| Citalo 20 unimed EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 | 36051836/1.2/0518 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Ran-citalopram 10 tablets EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10Tablets | 38003438/1.2/0034 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Simayla citalopram 40 tablets EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40Tablets | 38003538/1.2/0035 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Ran-citalopram 40 tablets EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40Tablets | 38003638/1.2/0036 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Simayla citalopram 20 EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 | 38003738/1.2/0037 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Seran 10 tablets EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10Tablets | 38003838/1.2/0038 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Ran-citalopram 20 tablets EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20Tablets | 38003938/1.2/0039 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Citalopram 40 oethmaan EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 | 38009138/1.2/0091 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Acti-lift 20 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mg | 41029741/1.2/0297 | Registered | S5 | None |
| DRL citalopram 40 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 | 41045941/1.2/0459 | Cancelled | S5 | None |
| Recita 20 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mg | 41053141/1.2/0531 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Gulf citalopram 20 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 | 42021442/1.2/0214 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Arrow citalopram 40 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40Tablets | 42071842/1.2/0718Approved 24 January 2024 | Registered | S5 | PIPIL |
| Arrow citalopram 20 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20Tablets | 42071942/1.2/0719Approved 24 January 2024 | Registered | S5 | PIPIL |
| Auro-citalopram 10 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 mg | 42085042/1.2/0850 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Auro-citalopram 40 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 mg | 42085142/1.2/0851 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Recita 10 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 mg | 42085542/1.2/0855 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Recita 40 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 mg | 42085642/1.2/0856 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Bio citalopram 10 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 | 42100942/1.2/1009 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Bio citalopram 20 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 | 42101042/1.2/1010 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Bio citalopram 30 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 30,0 mg | 30 | 42106742/1.2/1067 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Deprecitel 10 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 mg | 57013457/1.2/0134 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Deprecitel 20 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mg | 57013557/1.2/0135 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Deprecitel 40 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 mg | 57013657/1.2/0136 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Sitallor 10 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 mg | 57054357/1.2/0543 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Sitallor 20 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mg | 57054457/1.2/0544 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Sitallor 30 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM 30,0 mg | 30 mg | 57054557/1.2/0545 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Sitallor 40 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 mg | 57054657/1.2/0546 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Etramomil 10 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 mg | 570547.54357/1.2/0547.543 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Etramomil 20 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mg | 570548.54457/1.2/0548.544 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Etramomil 30 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM 30,0 mg | 30 mg | 570549.54457/1.2/0549.545 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Etramomil 40 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 mg | 570550.54657/1.2/0550.546 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Citalopram actor 20 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 | A380486A38/1.2/0486 | Cancelled | S5 | None |
| Cipla-citalopram 40 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 | A380487A38/1.2/0487 | Cancelled | S5 | None |
| Depramil 10 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 | A380488A38/1.2/0488 | Cancelled | S5 | None |
| Depramil 20 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 | A380489A38/1.2/0489 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Depramil 40 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 | A380490A38/1.2/0490 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Tamomilt 10 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 | A380547A38/1.2/0547 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Tamomilt 20 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 | A380548A38/1.2/0548 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Merck - citalopram 40 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | - 40 | A380549A38/1.2/0549 | Registered | S5 | None |
| *Citalopram 10 MG austell EACH TABLET CONTAINS :CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 mg | A390337A39/1.2/0337 | Registered | S5 | None |
| *Citalopram 20 MG austell EACH TABLET CONTAINS :CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mg | A390338A39/1.2/0338 | Registered | S5 | None |
| * citalopram 40 MG austell EACH TABLET CONTAINS: CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 mg | A390339A39/1.2/0339 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Cilate EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mgFilm-coated tablets. | A390548A39/1.2/0548Approved 31 March 2021 | Registered | S5 | PIPIL |
| Citalogen 10 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 10,0 mg | 10 | A400107A40/1.2/0107 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Citalogen 20 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 | A400108A40/1.2/0108 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Citalogen 40 EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 40,0 mg | 40 | A400109A40/1.2/0109 | Registered | S5 | None |
| Ciloram 20 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mgFilm-coated tablets | A400564A40/1.2/0564Approved 5 April 2022 | Cancelled | S5 | PIPIL |
| Citalopram-winthrop 20 MG EACH TABLET CONTAINS CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE EQUIVALENT TO CITALOPRAM 20,0 mg | 20 mgSolution for injection | A400740A40/1.2/0740Approved 11 April 2021 | Cancelled | S5 | PIPIL |
Regulatory status
Where S5 sits on the scale
Prescription-only, with tighter controls on repeats.
Schedule 5 medicines need a prescription, and repeat dispensing is capped at six months in total; the prescriber must state upfront how many times, and at what intervals, it may be repeated. Extra limits apply to some uses: if it is being used for its anxiolytic, antidepressant, tranquillising or analgesic properties, it cannot be prescribed for longer than six months without a further consultation. Its price, name, pack size and strength can still be told to the public, as long as nothing links it to what it treats.
Schedule S5, matched to the Consolidated Schedules by ingredient, confidence high.
Who may supply: A pharmacist dispensing against a written or verbal prescription from an authorised prescriber; a veterinarian, who may also prescribe, compound or dispense it directly; a medical practitioner or dentist, who may prescribe it and may compound or dispense it directly only if licensed under section 22C(1)(a); manufacturers and wholesalers may supply people who may lawfully possess it.
Consolidated Schedules listings for Citalopram hydrobromide equivalent to citalopram
S5: Citalopram
Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026, line 9325
Pharmacological class: Psychoanaleptics (antidepressants). (class 1.2)
This is an informational summary of the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965 and its 2017 General Regulations. It is not medical advice and not legal advice. Always check the medicine's label, which carries the schedule number inside a square border, or ask a pharmacist if you are unsure.
SAHPRA documents
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