Quick answers
- What is Adrenalin?
- Adrenalin is a brand name of Epinephrine, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 5 Adrenalin products in 1 strength and form.
- Who makes Adrenalin?
- PH Health holds the FDA application for Adrenalin (NDA204200, approved December 7, 2012). 3 other companies (repackagers or distributors) also list Adrenalin products.
- Is there a generic or store brand of Adrenalin?
- Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 22 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Adrenalin product, 12 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
- Has Adrenalin been recalled?
- FDA enforcement reports list 3 recalls of Adrenalin products; the newest started January 17, 2024. A recall usually concerns specific lots, not every product.
What Adrenalin is
Each Adrenalin product as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, by active ingredient, strength and form, with its official label. “Same medicine, other names” counts the other products with exactly the same active ingredients, strength and form (generic versions, store brands and other brands); inactive ingredients can differ.
Epinephrine · prescription medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| epinephrine 1 mg/mL injection (intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous) | Adrenalin | 22 products, 12 companies | DailyMed |
Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Epinephrine →
FDA approval
- NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
Companies that list Adrenalin
The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Adrenalin products.
- Par Health USA, LLC2 products
- ProPharma Distribution1 product
- Henry Schein, Inc.1 product
- Medical Purchasing Solutions, LLC1 product
Recalls
From FDA enforcement reports, matched by the product’s NDC code or label. A recall usually covers specific lots: check the lot number on your package and ask your pharmacist. Do not stop a medicine on your own.
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January 17, 2024 · Class II · Completed · D-0342-2024
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date. The expiration date listed on the Repack Pouch Label is incorrect.
Adrenalin (epinephrine) Injection 1mg/mL, 1mL single dose vial, Rx only, Packaged By: Henry Schein, Inc., 80 Summit View Lane, Bastian, VA 24314, Original NDC 42023-159-25 Repack NDC 0404-9810-01 — Henry Schein Inc. and Glove Club HSI Gloves Inc.
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March 16, 2023 · Class III · Ongoing · D-0535-2023
Labeling; Incorrect NDC number on outer carton of product.
Epinephrine Professional EMS, Epinephrine Convenience Kit, Epinephrine 1 mg/mL, Rx Only, Focus Health Group, Manufactured for: Focus Health Group, 5802 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Incorrect NDC (kit): 24357-011-1 — Focus Health Group Inc
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April 13, 2022 · Class II · Terminated · D-1022-2022
cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse
Adrenalin (epinephrine injection, USP) 30 mg/30 mL (1mg/mL), 30 mL multiple dose vial, Rx only, MFG: Par Pharma, NDC 42023-168-01 — Mckesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office
Sources
- NDC Directory (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
- Drugs@FDA (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
- Drug labeling (SPL, openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
- Drug recall enforcement reports (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 27, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
- NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) 2026 — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data.medicaid.gov, list of November 4, 2026, retrieved November 7, 2026
Which names get a brand page: a name the NDC Directory lists for a medicine, held by one company (the FDA application holder, or the company named on most of its products), that is not just a description, and that is not the only product of its medicine.