USER REVIEWS: Prospan Cough Medicine

Clinically proven for chesty coughs.

Prospan is a clinically proven cough medicine that is suitable for chesty and bronchial coughs. Made in Germany and distributed worldwide, Prospan has been subject to rigorous clinical testing* in both adults and children. Manufactured by Engelhard Arzneitmittel www.engelhard-am.de/english

Prospan’s powerful active ingredient, hedera helix has a special two-fold action to help relieve and ease coughing. Prospan Expectorant has a non-drowsy, sugar-free, gluten-free and alcohol-free formula and even the fussiest children will like the pleasant taste of it.

With this powerful cough medicine, you only need half the dosage of most other cough medicines. So instead of a standard adult dose (up to 15ml three times a day), you only need 5ml of Prospan Expectorant three times a day. The dosage for children is also much lower, making it even easier for little ones to swallow! For more details about Prospan Expectorant’s Dosage Guidelines, please see below.

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Age Dosage Frequency

  • 2-5 years 2.5ml 3 x per day
  • 6-9 years 2.5ml 3 x per day
  • 9-16 years 5ml 3 x per day
  • Adults 5-7.5ml 3 x per day

Prospan Infant Drops for Chesty Coughs

  • Now available in pharmacies nationally.
  • Can be used in under 2s (with pharmacist’s advice).
  • Gluten-free, sugar free and no colourings.
  • Built-in dropper for easy dosing.
  • Only $9.95 for a 20ml bottle.

*Please refer to our clinical studies on the Prospan Research pages.

Use as directed. Always read the label. Consult a healthcare practitioner if symptoms persist. For under 2 years olds, refer to the pharmacist or your healthcare practitioner.

Active ingredient of Prospan Expectorant and Prospan Infant Drops: Hedera Helix equiv. 43.75mg/mL dry leaf.

Members of our trial team have been testing Prospan, find out what they thought below – or add your own review!

26 thoughts on “USER REVIEWS: Prospan Cough Medicine

  1. I have been using Prospan for the last 24 hours and I am amazed by the results – coughing has been reduced and my daughter is much more comfortable and happy (a must for any Mum!).

    This is a great product – easy to use, the dosage amount is tiny (so its easy for her to take) but the results are great! Highly recommended – a must for every family this Winter!

  2. I Have tried various types of infant cough mixtures, but no have give the same results as Prospan
    My foster daugher who suffers from coughs most of the year had nearly 5 hrs of relieve when we started her on Prospan.
    I only gave her 12 drops, which didnt look like much but it stopped the cough within seconds.
    I also tried some myself, as i had been getting that tickling cough, and yes it did the same thing i had a peaceful nights sleep, for the first time in weeks.
    so i would recommend Prospan to anyone with a cough,
    although i have only had the product for four days now, it has been one of the best i’ve come across.
    this product is definately a thumbs up in my books.
    thank you

  3. I was the one with the cough/sore throat, so I tried it. It worked alright, but my goodness the taste took some getting used to, and I like Irish Moss. Throat is much better and cough is gone. Will be interesting trying to give it to my daughter.
    I’m not advocating unnatural flavours and excess amounts of sugar, but when the cure is worse than the symptoms, I’d rather suffer a cold than swallow that. I’ll stick with it and hopefully get used to it

  4. I received the Prospan just after the family were all getting over our coughs so I had actually gone out and bought the Prospan Oral liquid. I chose to buy the liquid over the drops because the dosing was much easier. 5mls for my son instead of 24 drops and just seemed to be better value for money with the bigger bottle. I really can’t confirm whether the product worked well or not as my son continued to cough throughout the night but I have nothing to compare it to as I did not buy any other type of cough liquid. I also used the oral liquid and found I was still coughing an hour later. Again, I can’t say if another product would have done a better job as I had nothing to compare it to. I would rather use a product that is natural as it just seems safer for the children but only if it works so at this stage I am on the fence on this product. I will continue to use it when we get a cough and hopefully will see some better benefits. It does have a very strong, weird taste but not as bad as some of those other ghastly cough syrups and my son did’nt seem to mind it, so tastewise, I found it okay. I’m not sure if I would recommend it to others, I have’nt seen the benefits of using it.

  5. I had been battling a nasty chesty cough when this arrived to try. I tried it straight away and the first thing I found was the bottle was hard to use, the drops didn’t come out very well.

    I do quite like the heat you get when swallowing, it feels like it’s ‘scratching’ my itchy throat!

    I don’t think it worked any better or quicker than what I usually use, but it did have a more instant effect on a tickly cough and just for that reason I would use it again.

  6. Two of my three children were in need of cough medicine upon Prospan’s arrival to our home, so I was eager to try it out. We have been using it for four days on my 4 yr old and my 5 yr old and it really helped to relieve their symptoms almost immediately. We did, however, continue with the dosage as per instructions, but my sense is that it was unnecessary. I didn’t notice any difference in their sleeping habits as my kids have always been light sleepers, but since I am asleep as well, I cannot be sure of this. I think Prospan is a great deal for the money, and plan on purchasing it when I run out of what I have left. I will recommend this product to others, including my local chemist. I do have to say that my kids complained about the “horrible taste” of the medicine (so its claims of being “great tasting” is a bit farfetched, I think), but the licorice-type flavour is not so objectionable that they refused to take subsequent dosages, so do not be afraid that your kids will turn their heads.

  7. Both my children managed to get chesty coughs just as this product arrived. I found with my almost 2 year old it helped him sleep alot better and get his mucus up quickly – he was better within 2 days. My 3 year olds cold lingered a little bit longer but it did help bring up the mucus. The only gripe I have with this is it’s not child proof. My son got hold of the bottle ( I know bad on my part) but he threw it and the lip shattered instantly and he managed to put it in his mouth – luckily I got hold of it straight away so he only managed a drop or 2.

  8. I would never wish a sickness on any child, but being the time of year when all sorts of things are going around, I finally had the opportunity to use Prospan as my oldest son and my 4 year old daughter have both developed chesty coughs.
    It has helped to clear up my sons cold in pretty much overnight, my daughter’s cough is persisting but the medicine is helping to bring up her mucus and also helping her settle better at night.
    I would like to see the bottle be child proofed, and also I find the drops system a little tricky as my daughter is autistic and doesnt like to have things put on her tongue, it would be easier if it was able to be used with maybe a dropper that could go in the mouth.
    Apart from that though I am very happy with the results and how well it has worked. I will be buying this product again

  9. I used this on both my daughter 2 and my husband!

    i really liked the taste myself and with both my daughter and husband it seems to lessen that irritation of the throat and severeness of the cough.

    Love the fact that it is natural and i felt more comfortable using it the other cough medicines.

  10. This product is so easy to use, just a tiny amount and that is all that’s needed.

    Great for my 3 year old who is at his most oppositional when unwell!! He happily took the dosage. It seemed to lessen the duration of his cough.

    The taste and smell was very nice, like aniseed ( which I adore) and very natural unlike the artificial and awful taste of other cough medications.

  11. I have 6 grandchildren ranging from 2 up to 10, and this product has been well tested this past week. 3 of the children when visiting had chesty coughs, and all 3 had relief within a few minutes, and for quite some hours. Easy to measure and they said it tasted nice. Even the 2 yr old didn’t spit it out! I saw this in Priceline for only $5 and at a fraction of what other products cost, this is one that will be kept stocked in my medicine cupboard . Highly recommend.

  12. i recieved a bottle to review and my son got sick the next day this was a wonder it eased his discomfort help the coughing to stop its taste is nice and its easy to use i would reccomend this to anyone as i would say give it a go its results will amaze you

  13. Great to see so much positive feedback on Prospan and to those who didn’t like the taste or found it difficult to administer, simply put the drops on a teaspoon and mix in with a drink of milk or lemon, warm water and honey. I usually do the latter for my 3 year old and she thinks it’s a real treat! And obviously soothing to the throat too.

  14. i have been testing prospan over a period of 3 weeks now an found it to work great on the kids. its good that you only use a small amount for the children but i do think they need to change the dispensing of it i think a dropper system would work much better.. it worked quickly once given to the children to reduce there coughing and decreased the duration of sniffles. the kids didn’t like the taste but i found that if i added a bit of water to the medicine it went down easier. over all this has been an effective product and for the amount you use to price ratio i think that it is on par with other brands that i use if not better. thanks for letting me try this product.

  15. This is a great medicine and much more effective that regular cough medicines and syrups. I actually used it on myself as have seasonal asthma which comes after flu with a very repetitive dry itchy cough. Used alongside my ventolin it was extremely beneficial and the taste was fine. My daughter has not had her regular bout this season but if she does , I will be sure to use it. Thank you for the opportunity to try it.
    I have lost count of the useless cough medicines we have tried over the years.

  16. I am yet to trial it … my kids got sick with a stomach virus instead of a cold or flu … I will review as soon as I can. I have tried various cough mixtures that never seem to work so excited to hear that this seems to be a great product 🙂 I like the fact it is sugar free without any colouring seems to have a very strong smell 🙂

  17. WELL, PROSPAN HAS FINALLY COME INTO USE IN THE FAMILY..WITH ME, NOT THE KIDS AS YET..HOPING THEY DON’T GET ANYTHING..BUT I HAVE HAD ACHY LEGS..SORE THROAT, ETC. TRIED SOME OF THIS, AND IT WORKED A TREAT..I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER TODAY…THANKS AGAIN

  18. The timing couldn’t have been better for my trial pack of Prospan. My son had just started coughing and I was actually ready the go out and buy some cough medicine for him to use.

    For starters the ‘dropper’ type dispensing is crazy. Who has the time or the patience to stand there counting out a number of drops! I much prefer to pour out a dose.
    The flavour was another issue. My son loves medicine – his brother calls him crazy but I’m just happy I can give him medication without it turning into a battle. He just could not get used to the taste of this one for some reason. Tasted it myself and while I’ll admit it wasn’t THAT bad I think it definitely needs improving.

    Effectiveness – well that makes up for the dropper and the flavour. The product actually seemed to work! My son’s cough symptons were much improved after use. His asthma did not get any worse and he seemed quite rested at night.

    Would I use it again? Maybe – if the price was right.

  19. Unfortunately i’m another who hasn’t had the chance to try it out (no-one has had a cold, plenty of gastro though), however it sounds great, and with 2 kids who struggle with coughs every time they get a cold, i’m sure it will come in to use sometime this winter

  20. My kids got sick last week with the worst cough I have heard in ages. Within a day or so of using Prospan it had settled down considerably and the day after all but gone. This is truely an effective treatment which I would highly recommend!

  21. I was lucky, or unlucky enough, to get to try this on both my children aged 1 and 3.5 years and my husband.
    Hubby tried it first and was suprised at the taste. He said it was a warm, but it did work. He had a really bad cough and it seemed to really settle it down quickly.
    Counting out the drops was a pain though. Good in one way as all you need to remember is the bottle and not measuring devices, but takes awhile and worried sometimes that I’d miscounted.
    My 1 yr old was next and after measuring out the drops onto a spoon, once given to him it seemed to take his breath away as it must have had that heat and the lack of sweetness in his medicine may have been a shock, but again it seemed to help him very quickly.
    Mr 3.5yr flat out refused to have this brown liquid, so I added the drops to his panadol. As this medicine is completely liquid, it could easily be added to water and taken that way, making the dropper system much more effective for this form of administration.
    I would definately recommend Prospan as I fel it eased the coughing that was going on. I hopefully will not have to try it for awhile, but if I do I’ll be hoping it works as well as it did my family.

  22. This is a fantastic product,. I have never liked using medicines or ant-biotics with my children, & with the all herbal Prospan, that’s not a worry any more. It actually works!!!

  23. This product is really great. My eldest daughter had bronchitis and was on anti-biotics, then my second daughter started coughing, so I gave her the Prospan. Even though her cough was terrible and I am sure she had bronchitis too, she didn’t require anit-biotics. I believe that the Prospan was the reason why she didn’t need any other medication; it was very effective and the dosage dropper lid is great too, to ensure you never do an over dose of it. I have recommended this product to my sister for her little ones too.

  24. This smells delicious! It has a bit of a licorice scent and taste. I was able to easily administer it to even my youngest as the quantity needed for the dose was just a couple of mils. It’s such a natural formula but I found it had a definite positive effect on my child’s condition. I highly recommend this.

    A small bottle goes a long way. It’s very soothing and calming to the irritated throat and goes to work very quickly. We love it!

  25. I’d like to add more to this review, I know I already did one but I am getting to like Prospan more and more as Winter has progressed! My 3 year old has happily taken the drops for his second cold and they work remarkably well. He had a hacking cough and within 1/2 hour of taking the drops it had gone.

    I used it again and find it easy to use and pleasant. It seems to last and last with 2 older kids also using it for their recent colds with great results!!

    Thanks for the opportunity of trialling this!

  26. My teen daughter used this great product and it was really effective for her cough she said it brought up a lot of phlegm helping her recover faster. She didn’t really like the licorice taste but the fact that it was helping her encouraged her to keep taking it.
    I love the fact that it can be taken by any member of our family.
    Thank you for the opportunity to trial a great product I will be recommending to family and friends and purchasing in the future as it is really hard to find a cough medicine that actually works 🙂

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