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Hydroquinone in Türkiye

Every medicine licensed in Türkiye that contains hydroquinone: 3 brands, with their strengths, forms and prescription colours, and the names the same medicine goes by abroad.

Brands with it alone
3
Companies
2
First licensed
1993

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In Türkiye

Brands of hydroquinone

Every licensed brand that contains only hydroquinone, the brands with the most packs first. A pack is one strength and size of a product; suspended products are marked.

BrandCompanyStrengthsFormsPrescriptionPacks
EXPIGMENTORVA İLAÇ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.2% · 4%creams & gelsWhite (normal)2
MELADERMORVA İLAÇ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.2% · 4%creams & gels—2
PigmadermVEFA İLAÇ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.30,000 mg + 4% · 2% + 30,000 mgcreams & gelsWhite (normal)2
On the shelf

Strengths and forms

How many packs on sale come in each strength and each form. Bars are drawn to scale.

Strengths (alone)

  1. 2%2
  2. 4%2
  3. 2% + 30,000 mg1
  4. 30,000 mg + 4%1

Forms (all products)

  1. creams & gels6
Brands licensed, year by year The year each brand containing hydroquinone got its first Turkish licence. First: 1993.

19932025

Abroad

The same medicine abroad

Brand names of hydroquinone in the national medicine lists we hold. If you use one of these at home, the Turkish brands above contain the same active ingredient; check the strength with the pharmacist.

United States

  • Hydro-Q
  • Hydroquinone cream
  • NU-DERM BLENDER Skin Lightener and Blending
  • NU-DERM CLEAR Skin Bleaching and Corrector
  • OBAGI C RX system C CLARIFYING SERUM
  • OBAGI-C Rx system C-CLARIFYING SERUM NORMAL TO oily SKIN LIGHTENING SERUM WITH VITAMIN C
  • OLIVIA QUIDO BLEMISH ERASER
  • Obagi-C Rx system C-Therapy Night Skin Lightening with Vitamins C and E

Egypt

  • Eldopaque Forte
  • Eldoquine Forte
  • Clearalique
  • Clearalique Forte
  • Eldopaque
  • Eldoquine
  • Meloquin

In Türkiye, ask forEXPIGMENT · MELADERM · Pigmaderm

Prescription

Prescription colours

The prescription colour recorded for its products on the e-prescription list (SKRS). Red and green are the forms for controlled medicines.

  1. White (normal)3

    Most prescription medicines.

None of its products needs a red or green prescription.

This page lists licensed products from Türkiye’s official lists; it gives no dosage or treatment advice. Ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking any medicine.

Questions

Questions about hydroquinone

What is hydroquinone called in Türkiye?

On Turkish packs the active ingredient is written “hidrokinon”. It is sold under 3 brands in all, among them EXPIGMENT, MELADERM, Pigmaderm.

Which strengths of hydroquinone are sold in Türkiye?

The packs with hydroquinone alone come in 2%, 4%, 2% + 30,000 mg, 30,000 mg + 4%; the most common is 2%.

Is hydroquinone a controlled medicine in Türkiye?

None of its products is listed with a red or green prescription, the forms used for controlled medicines. Whether a pack needs a prescription at all is for the pharmacist to say.

What is Hydro-Q called in Türkiye?

Hydro-Q (United States) contains hydroquinone. In Türkiye the same active ingredient is sold as EXPIGMENT, MELADERM, Pigmaderm. Take the pack or this page to the pharmacy to match the strength.

Sources

Where the data comes from

Active substances are tied to one ingredient each (salts and hydrates set aside, esters that make a different medicine kept), strengths are read from product names, and a foreign brand is matched to Turkish products by ingredients, then strength and dosage form. Matching is automatic and can miss unusual spellings; it never replaces a pharmacist.