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Brand-name prescription medicine

ParaGard T 380A

Generic name: Copper

FDA application holder: Coopersurgical

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Quick answers

What is ParaGard T 380A?
ParaGard T 380A is a brand name of Copper, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 2 ParaGard T 380A products in 1 strength and form.
Who makes ParaGard T 380A?
Coopersurgical holds the FDA application for ParaGard T 380A (NDA018680, approved November 15, 1984).
Is there a generic or store brand of ParaGard T 380A?
Other products of Copper are listed with the FDA, but none in exactly the same strength and form as a ParaGard T 380A product.
Has ParaGard T 380A been recalled?
No recall linked to ParaGard T 380A products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What ParaGard T 380A is

Each ParaGard T 380A 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.

Copper · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
copper 313.4 mg
intrauterine device (intrauterine)
ParaGard T 380A None listed DailyMed

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

FDA approval

  • NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
FDA applications of ParaGard T 380A products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
NDA018680CoopersurgicalNovember 15, 19842

Companies that list ParaGard T 380A

The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of ParaGard T 380A products.

Recalls

No recall linked to ParaGard T 380A 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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