Meclizine Hydrochloride shortage — US supply status & alternatives

Meclizine Hydrochloride

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In supply · Australia

Cvs Motion Sickness Fast Melting

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇺🇸 US

In supply in Australia

Reading today’s signals…

✓ Can I substitute?

In supply

no shortage substitution needed

⇄ Best alternative

None listed

refer to prescriber

◷ Expected back

No estimate

No estimate provided

Product attributes reference data we hold

Active ingredient (INN)	Meclizine Hydrochloride
Brand names	Cvs Motion Sickness Fast Melting
Therapeutic category	Auto-created by FDA Drug Enforcement — Full Recall Database scraper

Controlled substance	No

Marketing-authorisation holders	WALGREEN COMPANY, NCS HealthCare of KY, LLC dba Vangard Labs, RISING PHARMA HOLDINGS, INC., JC World Bell Wholesale Co., Inc.

Registrations on file	4

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

10 API manufacturers

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.

Low concentration risk

Southwest Synthetic Pharmaceutical Corp LTDJubilant Pharmova LTDCohance Lifesciences LTDSrikem Laboratories Private LTDSri Krishna Pharmaceuticals LTDSymed Labs LTD+4 more

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

Recalls official enforcement reports

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MECLIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Amerisource Health Services LLC · Mar 2026

Class IIdetails ↗

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CVS MOTION SICKNESS FAST MELTING

Sato Pharmaceutical Inc. · Oct 2019

Class IIIdetails ↗

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WAL-DRAM 2 QUICK-DISSOLVING

Sato Pharmaceutical Inc. · Oct 2019

Class IIIdetails ↗

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders4 registrations · 4 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
Meclizine Hydrochloride	25mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	WALGREEN COMPANY	Active
MECLIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE	12.5mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	NCS HealthCare of KY, LLC dba Vangard Labs	Active
Meclizine Hydrochloride	50mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	RISING PHARMA HOLDINGS, INC.	Active
Dramamine Less Drowsy Meclizine Hydrochloride	25mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	JC World Bell Wholesale Co., Inc.	Active

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.