Demerol is a brand name of Meperidine hydrochloride, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 3 Demerol products in 2 strengths and forms.

Hospira holds the FDA application for Demerol (NDA021171, approved November 10, 1942).

Is there a generic or store brand of Demerol?

Other products of Meperidine hydrochloride are listed with the FDA, but none in exactly the same strength and form as a Demerol product.

Demerol (Meperidine hydrochloride): maker, FDA approval and generic versions

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Quick answers

What is Demerol?: Demerol is a brand name of Meperidine hydrochloride, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 3 Demerol products in 2 strengths and forms.
Who makes Demerol?: Hospira holds the FDA application for Demerol (NDA021171, approved November 10, 1942).
Is there a generic or store brand of Demerol?: Other products of Meperidine hydrochloride are listed with the FDA, but none in exactly the same strength and form as a Demerol product.
Has Demerol been recalled?: No recall linked to Demerol products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Demerol is

Each Demerol 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.

Meperidine hydrochloride · prescription medicine

Strength and form	Product names	Same medicine, other names	Label
meperidine hydrochloride 25 mg/mL injection, solution (intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous)	Demerol	None listed	DailyMed
meperidine hydrochloride 50 mg/mL injection, solution (intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous)	Demerol	None listed	DailyMed

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

FDA approval

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

FDA applications of Demerol products (Drugs@FDA)
Application	Holder	First approved	Products
NDA021171	Hospira	November 10, 1942	3

Companies that list Demerol

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

Hospira, Inc.3 products

Recalls

No recall linked to Demerol 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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