Quick answers
- What is Carbocaine?
- Carbocaine is a brand name of Mepivacaine hydrochloride, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 Carbocaine product in 1 strength and form.
- Who makes Carbocaine?
- Deproco holds the FDA application for Carbocaine (ANDA088387, approved October 10, 1984).
- Is there a generic or store brand of Carbocaine?
- Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 10 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Carbocaine product, 10 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
- Has Carbocaine been recalled?
- FDA enforcement reports list 1 recall of Carbocaine products; the newest started October 31, 2025. A recall usually concerns specific lots, not every product.
What Carbocaine is
Each Carbocaine 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.
Mepivacaine hydrochloride · prescription medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| mepivacaine hydrochloride 30 mg/mL injection, solution (submucosal) | Carbocaine | 10 products, 9 companies | DailyMed |
Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Mepivacaine hydrochloride →
FDA approval
- ANDA: Abbreviated New Drug Application: how a generic version is approved.
| Application | Holder | First approved | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDA088387 | Deproco | October 10, 1984 | 1 |
Companies that list Carbocaine
The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Carbocaine products.
- Septodont, Inc.1 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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October 31, 2025 · Class II · Ongoing · D-0233-2026
Defective container: cracked/broken cartridges
Cook-Walte, Carbocaine 3% (30 mg/mL), (mepivacaine hydrochloride Injection, USP), packaged in a carton containing 50 Single-Dose Cartridges, 1.7 mL, Rx only, Manufactured by Novocol Pharmaceutical of Canada, Inc., NDC 03 — Novocol Pharmaceutical of Canada, Inc.
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.