Quick answers
- What is Aricept?
- Aricept is a brand name of Donepezil hydrochloride, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 3 Aricept products in 3 strengths and forms.
- Who makes Aricept?
- Eisai Inc holds the FDA application for Aricept (NDA020690, approved November 25, 1996).
- Is there a generic or store brand of Aricept?
- Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 56 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Aricept product, 56 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
- Has Aricept been recalled?
- No recall linked to Aricept products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.
What Aricept is
Each Aricept 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.
Donepezil hydrochloride · prescription medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| donepezil hydrochloride 10 mg tablet, film coated (oral) | Aricept | 21 products, 18 companies | DailyMed |
| donepezil hydrochloride 23 mg tablet, film coated (oral) | Aricept | 9 products, 8 companies | DailyMed |
| donepezil hydrochloride 5 mg tablet, film coated (oral) | Aricept | 26 products, 21 companies | DailyMed |
Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Donepezil hydrochloride →
FDA approval
- NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
Companies that list Aricept
The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Aricept products.
- Eisai Inc.3 products
Recalls
No recall linked to Aricept products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports.
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.