Clobutinol is a cough suppressant that is withdrawn from the US and EU markets. Clobutinol was used for the short-term treatment of irritable, non-productive cough (a ‘dry' cough where the patient does not cough up any phlegm or mucus). Medicines containing clobutinol have been available since 1961 and were authorised in a number of Member States. Clobutinol-containing medicines were available in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Finland and France. They include tablets, oral solutions, syrups and solutions for injection, and were available over-the-counter in many Member States. Clobutinol was available as generic and branded medicines, most of which were marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim under the trade name Silomat. Studies in 2004 had indicated that clobutinol has the potential to prolong the QT interval. In 2007, Clobutinol was determined to cause cardiac arrhythmia in some patients.