Active ingredient
Meperidine
10 finished FDA listings contain Meperidine as their only active ingredient.
FDA NDC Directory
- Ingredient names as written by FDA
- MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE
- Dosage forms
- Injection, Injection, Solution, Solution, Tablet
- Routes
- Intramuscular, Intravenous, Oral, Subcutaneous
- Manufacturers / labelers
- 4
- Strengths listed
- 100 mg/1 · 100 mg/ml · 25 mg/ml · 50 mg/1 · 50 mg/5ml · 50 mg/ml
- Brand names in FDA listings
- Demerol
RxNorm (National Library of Medicine)
Ingredient concept RxCUI 6754
Drugs@FDA applications
Linked only where the FDA listing’s application number matches Drugs@FDA exactly. A listing in the NDC Directory does not by itself mean FDA approval.
| Application | Sponsor | Original approval | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDA 021171 | HOSPIRA | 1942-11-10 | 3 |
| ANDA 080445 | WEST-WARD PHARMS INT | 1975-01-22 | 3 |
| ANDA 088744 | HIKMA | 1985-01-30 | 1 |
| ANDA 040331 | EPIC PHARMA LLC | 1999-05-28 | 2 |
| ANDA 040893 | GENUS | 2009-06-24 | 1 |
Official labeling on DailyMed
- DEMEROL (MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE) INJECTION, SOLUTION [HOSPIRA, INC.] · version 38 · 2026-07-22
- MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE TABLET MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE SOLUTION [HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS USA INC.] · version 25 · 2026-03-09
- MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE TABLET [GENUS LIFESCIENCES INC.] · version 2 · 2026-02-18
- MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE TABLET [EPIC PHARMA, LLC] · version 30 · 2025-12-19
- MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE INJECTION [HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS USA INC.] · version 11 · 2024-04-10
Sources: FDA NDC Directory (2026-09-29), RxNorm, Drugs@FDA, DailyMed. Each source’s facts are shown separately as published.