Ephedrine — supply status, manufacturers & alternatives

Ephedrine

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🇦🇺 AUST R 311324

In supply · Australia

WHO Essential Medicine

Ephedrine HCL SteropEphedrine Sulfate Injection, USP

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia

In supply in Australia

No active shortage reported.

Reading today’s signals…

✓ Can I substitute?

Per normal rules

Confirm with prescriber

⇄ Best alternative

None listed

refer to prescriber

◷ Expected back

No estimate

No estimate provided

Product attributes reference data we hold

Active ingredient (INN)	Ephedrine
Brand names	Ephedrine HCL Sterop, Ephedrine Sulfate Injection, USP

Therapeutic category	Auto-created by FDA Drug Enforcement — Full Recall Database scraper

WHO Essential Medicine	Yes · 1.2. Local anaesthetics (2023)

Controlled substance	No

Marketing-authorisation holders	Juno Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, Neo Health (OTC) Pty Ltd, Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd, THORNTON & ROSS LIMITED +12 more

Registrations on file	26

Patient information leaflet (PIL)	Not on file

Summary of product characteristics (SPC)	Not on file

Trade price 🇦🇺 Australia · awaiting price ingest

🇦🇺 AU

Ex-manufacturer

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Dispensed (DPMQ)

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Pack

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Not yet captured for Australia

Official pricing isn’t on file for this market yet. PBS (Australia), NHS Drug Tariff (United Kingdom) and CMS NADAC (United States) feeds are prioritised; this panel populates automatically once the data lands.

Global API supply base 🇺🇸 FDA Drug Master Files · active Type II

1 API manufacturer

Manufacturers with an active Type II Drug Master File — i.e. cleared to supply this active ingredient into the US market. A proxy for how concentrated the global manufacturing base is.

Very high concentration risk

Siegfried Pharmachemikalien Minden GMBH

Manufacturing countries: Germany · Source: FDA List of Drug Master Files

Recalls official enforcement reports

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Ephedrine

ULTRAtab Laboratories, Inc. · Jan 2022

Class IIdetails ↗

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Ephedrine

SCA Pharmaceuticals · Dec 2020

Class IIdetails ↗

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Ephedrine

RXQ Compounding LLC · June 2019

Class IIdetails ↗

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Ephedrine

Avella of Deer Valley, Inc. Store 38 · June 2018

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Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders26 registrations · 16 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
TERRYWHITE CHEMMART DECONGESTANT PSE pseudoephedrine hydrochloride	60 mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
HYDROCHLORIDE AGUETTANT ephedrine hydrochloride	30 mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Juno Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
NEO SINUS + PAIN RELIEF pseudoephedrine HCl	30mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Neo Health (OTC) Pty Ltd	Active
NEO SINUS + ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PAIN RELIEF pseudoephedrine HCl	30mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Neo Health (OTC) Pty Ltd	Active
SUDAFED SINUS AND NASAL DECONGESTANT pseudoephedrine hydrochloride	60mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd	Active
Ephedrine Nasal Drops 1%	1%	drops	🇬🇧 GB	THORNTON & ROSS LIMITED	Active
Ephedrine Nasal Drops Bpc 1973 0.5%	0.5%	drops	🇬🇧 GB	THORNTON & ROSS LIMITED	Active
Ephedrine Hydrochloride	30 MG	injection	🇬🇧 GB	HAMELN PHARMA LTD	Active
Ephedrine Hydrochloride	30MG	injection	🇬🇧 GB	MACARTHYS LABORATORIES LIMITED	Active
Ephedrine Hydrochloride	3 MG	injection	🇬🇧 GB	FRESENIUS KABI LIMITED	Active
Ephedrine Hydrochloride	10 MG	injection	🇬🇧 GB	FRESENIUS KABI LIMITED	Active
Ephedrine Hydrochloride	3MG	injection	🇬🇧 GB	AURUM PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	Active
BLOOMS THE CHEMIST SINUS NASAL DECONGESTANT pseudoephedrine hydrochloride	60 mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Ephedrine Hydrochloride Tablets Bp	30MG	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	CRESCENT PHARMA LIMITED	Active
Ephedrine Hydrochloride Tablets Bp	30 MG	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	WOCKHARDT UK LIMITED	Active

+11 more registrations on file

For health-professional reference only. Mederti aggregates shortage and substitution information from official regulatory sources. It is not clinical advice and data may be incomplete or delayed. Confirm any substitution or supply decision against the primary regulator source, the prescriber, and current clinical references (e.g. AMH) before acting. Terms.