Active ingredient
Hydrocortisone
16 medications authorised for sale in Canada contain Hydrocortisone.
How it is classified
- Cardiovascular system
- Dermatologicals
- Systemic hormonal preparations, excluding sex hormones and insulins
The anatomical main group records the body system a medicine acts on. It is not a statement of what this ingredient treats, and nothing on this page is. Products containing this ingredient are classified under more than one group.
Products containing Hydrocortisone
- Auro-Hydrocortisone
- Auro-Hydrocortisone
- Cortef
- Cortef
- Pramox HC Cream
- Pramox HC Lotion
- Proctol Ointment
- Proctol Suppositories
- Sandoz Hydrocortisone
- Solu-Cortef
- Solu-Cortef
- Solu-Cortef
- Solu-Cortef
- Teva-Proctosone
- Vioform Hydrocortisone
- Xerese
Strengths and forms differ between these products — check them against your own. Containing the same active ingredient does not mean two products can be substituted for each other: whether a substitution is permitted is a provincial decision, and this page does not show it. Ask a pharmacist.
How Health Canada files this ingredient
- HYDROCORTISONE
- HYDROCORTISONE (HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE)
- HYDROCORTISONE (HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE)
These are the spellings used across the products above, including the specific salt in each. They are grouped here as one ingredient.
Source: Health Canada — Drug Product Database. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Marketed human products only.