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Brand-name over-the-counter medicine

Iosat

Generic name: Potassium iodide

FDA application holder: Anbex

Official data, not advice

Everything here comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): the NDC Directory, Drugs@FDA, the official labels and recall reports; pharmacy costs come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Each fact shows its source and date.

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Quick answers

What is Iosat?
Iosat is a brand name of Potassium iodide, an over-the-counter medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 2 Iosat products in 2 strengths and forms.
Who makes Iosat?
Anbex holds the FDA application for Iosat (NDA018664, approved October 14, 1982).
Is there a generic or store brand of Iosat?
Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 2 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Iosat product, 2 of them generic or store brands. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
Has Iosat been recalled?
No recall linked to Iosat products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Iosat is

Each Iosat 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.

Potassium iodide · over-the-counter medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
potassium iodide 130 mg
tablet (oral)
Iosat 1 product, 1 company DailyMed
potassium iodide 65 mg
tablet (oral)
Iosat 1 product, 1 company DailyMed

Its page quotes the Drug Facts label and lists every brand and store brand: Potassium iodide →

FDA approval

  • NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
FDA applications of Iosat products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
NDA018664AnbexOctober 14, 19822

Companies that list Iosat

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

  • Anbex Inc.2 products

Recalls

No recall linked to Iosat products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports.

Sources

  1. NDC Directory (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  2. Drugs@FDA (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  3. Drug labeling (SPL, openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  4. Drug recall enforcement reports (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 27, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  5. 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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