Quick answers
- What is Colace?
- Colace is a brand name of Docusate, Docusate sodium and sennosides and Magnesium hydroxide, an over-the-counter medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 5 Colace products in 5 strengths and forms.
- Who makes Colace?
- Atlantis Consumer Healthcare, Inc. lists 5 of the 5 Colace products in the FDA NDC Directory.
- Is there a generic or store brand of Colace?
- Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 69 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Colace product, 69 of them generic or store brands. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
- What do pharmacies pay for Colace?
- CMS lists a National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) for 3 Colace strengths and forms (see the table below). That is what pharmacies pay to buy it, not what you pay: your price depends on your insurance and your pharmacy.
- Has Colace been recalled?
- No recall linked to Colace products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.
What Colace is
Each Colace 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.
Docusate · over-the-counter medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| docusate sodium 100 mg capsule (oral) | Colace | 11 products, 11 companies | DailyMed |
| docusate sodium 250 mg capsule, liquid filled (oral) | Colace Extra Strength Stool Softner | 33 products, 27 companies | DailyMed |
| docusate sodium 50 mg capsule, liquid filled (oral) | Colace | 4 products, 3 companies | DailyMed |
Its page quotes the Drug Facts label and lists every brand and store brand: Docusate →
Docusate sodium and sennosides · over-the-counter medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| docusate sodium 50 mg · sennosides 8.6 mg tablet, film coated (oral) | Colace | 21 products, 18 companies | — |
Its page quotes the Drug Facts label and lists every brand and store brand: Docusate sodium and sennosides →
Magnesium hydroxide · over-the-counter medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| magnesium hydroxide 800 mg capsule (oral) | Colace Fast-Acting Saline Laxative | None listed | DailyMed |
Its page quotes the Drug Facts label and lists every brand and store brand: Magnesium hydroxide →
FDA approval
Colace products are sold under an FDA over-the-counter monograph: rules that set the allowed active ingredients, strengths and label wording, so these products do not need an individual FDA approval.
What pharmacies pay (NADAC)
The National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) is the average price U.S. retail pharmacies paid to buy one unit of a medicine (one tablet, one mL or one gram), from a monthly survey of pharmacy invoices by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). State Medicaid programs use it to pay pharmacies.
This is not the price you pay. What you pay depends on your insurance (copay or coinsurance), your pharmacy and any discounts, and pharmacies also charge for filling a prescription. Ask your pharmacist or your health plan what your price will be.
| Strength and form | Generic or brand | Pharmacies pay |
|---|---|---|
| docusate sodium 100 mg capsule | Brand: Colace | $0.3057 per capsule |
| docusate sodium 50 mg capsule, liquid filled | Brand: Colace | $0.2563 per capsule |
| docusate sodium 50 mg · sennosides 8.6 mg tablet, film coated | Brand: Colace | $0.4085 per tablet Generic of the same strength and form: $0.0302 per tablet |
NADAC list of November 4, 2026; these prices took effect on October 21, 2026. Shown only where a package’s NDC code matches the NADAC list exactly, and only for that exact strength and form: nothing is averaged across strengths. Strengths and forms not listed here have no NADAC price.
Source: NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) 2026, data.medicaid.gov (CMS) →
Companies that list Colace
The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Colace products.
- Atlantis Consumer Healthcare, Inc.5 products
Recalls
No recall linked to Colace 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.