Active ingredient
Lysine
13 medications authorised for sale in Canada contain Lysine.
How it is classified
- Blood and blood-forming organs
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 Lysine
- 20% Prosol
- Clinimix E
- Essepna
- Olimel 5.7%
- Olimel 5.7% E
- Olimel 7.6%
- Olimel 7.6% E
- Periolimel 2.5% E
- Smofkabiven
- Smofkabiven Electrolyte Free
- Smofkabiven Extra Nitrogen
- Smofkabiven Extra Nitrogen Electrolyte Free
- Smofkabiven Peripheral
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
- LYSINE (L-LYSINE ACETATE)
- LYSINE (L-LYSINE HYDROCHLORIDE)
- LYSINE (LYSINE ACETATE)
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.