
The 38-powder value box of Compral's confirmed triple-action formula, adults only.

This is the classic South African headache trio: aspirin for pain and inflammation, paracetamol working centrally alongside it, and caffeine, which is not a stimulant garnish but a proven analgesic adjuvant, shown in meta-analyses to make the same painkiller dose meaningfully more effective and faster. The combination hits tension headaches and everyday pain harder than either analgesic alone, which is exactly why these brands command generational loyalty, and why their one behavioural trap deserves naming: used too many days a month, combination analgesics cause the very headaches they treat. The 10-powder pocket box of Compral powders carries the confirmed trio in the fast-dissolving format.
For the headache that laughs at plain paracetamol, the evidence-backed move is combination therapy, and this is its cheapest, fastest form. Kept to occasional use, it is a legitimately superior headache tool. Knowing your effective option also prevents escalation: a combination that works at one dose spares you doubling a single agent that does not.
| Brand | Compral |
|---|---|
| Category | Pain & Inflammation |
| Key ingredient | Paracetamol 100 mg, aspirin 400 mg, caffeine 30 mg per powder |
| Product code | 39581EA |
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The 38-powder value box of Compral's confirmed triple-action formula, adults only.

The famous fast-dissolving headache powder trio in a 12-stick handbag pack.

Standard 500mg paracetamol tablets under the trusted Calpol name, 12-pack top-up.

Registered triple-action sachets dissolved as a sharp lemon drink, adults only.

Plain dissolving sachets of the registered aspirin-paracetamol-caffeine trio.

South Africa's default paracetamol: the 24-pack every medicine cabinet should hold.