Bactrim DS is a brand name of Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 Bactrim DS product in 1 strength and form.

Who makes Bactrim DS?

Sun Pharm Industries holds the FDA application for Bactrim DS (NDA017377, approved July 30, 1973).

Is there a generic or store brand of Bactrim DS?

Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 67 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Bactrim DS product, 67 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.

Bactrim DS (Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim): maker, FDA approval and generic versions

Official data, not advice

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Quick answers

What is Bactrim DS?: Bactrim DS is a brand name of Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 Bactrim DS product in 1 strength and form.
Who makes Bactrim DS?: Sun Pharm Industries holds the FDA application for Bactrim DS (NDA017377, approved July 30, 1973).
Is there a generic or store brand of Bactrim DS?: Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 67 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Bactrim DS product, 67 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
Has Bactrim DS been recalled?: No recall linked to Bactrim DS products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Bactrim DS is

Each Bactrim DS 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.

Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim · prescription medicine

Strength and form	Product names	Same medicine, other names	Label
sulfamethoxazole 800 mg · trimethoprim 160 mg tablet (oral)	Bactrim DS	67 products, 36 companies	DailyMed

Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim →

FDA approval

NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.

FDA applications of Bactrim DS products (Drugs@FDA)
Application	Holder	First approved	Products
NDA017377	Sun Pharm Industries	July 30, 1973	1

Companies that list Bactrim DS

The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Bactrim DS products.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc1 product

Recalls

No recall linked to Bactrim DS 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.

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