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Brand-name prescription medicine

Sensorcaine

Generic names: Bupivacaine hydrochloride · Bupivacaine hydrochloride and epinephrine bitartrate

FDA application holder: Fresenius Kabi USA

Strengths and generic versions Official label

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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At a glance

4Strengths and forms
79Same medicine, other names
1981FDA approval
5Recalls (FDA reports)

Quick answers

What is Sensorcaine?
Sensorcaine is a brand name of Bupivacaine hydrochloride and Bupivacaine hydrochloride and epinephrine bitartrate, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 7 Sensorcaine products in 4 strengths and forms.
Who makes Sensorcaine?
Fresenius Kabi USA holds the FDA application for Sensorcaine (NDA018304, approved December 30, 1981). 2 other companies (repackagers or distributors) also list Sensorcaine products.
Is there a generic or store brand of Sensorcaine?
Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 79 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Sensorcaine product, 72 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
Has Sensorcaine been recalled?
FDA enforcement reports list 5 recalls of Sensorcaine products; the newest started November 22, 2022. A recall usually concerns specific lots, not every product.

What Sensorcaine is

Each Sensorcaine 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.

Bupivacaine hydrochloride · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
bupivacaine hydrochloride 2.5 mg/mL
injection, solution (infiltration, perineural)		 Sensorcaine 37 products, 20 companies DailyMed
bupivacaine hydrochloride 5 mg/mL
injection, solution (perineural)		 Sensorcaine 38 products, 20 companies DailyMed

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

Bupivacaine hydrochloride and epinephrine bitartrate · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
bupivacaine hydrochloride 2.5 mg/mL · epinephrine bitartrate 0.005 mg/mL
injection, solution (infiltration, perineural)		 Sensorcaine 2 products, 2 companies DailyMed
bupivacaine hydrochloride 5 mg/mL · epinephrine bitartrate 0.005 mg/mL
injection, solution (perineural)		 Sensorcaine 2 products, 2 companies DailyMed

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

FDA approval

  • NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
  • ANDA: Abbreviated New Drug Application: how a generic version is approved.
FDA applications of Sensorcaine products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
NDA018304Fresenius Kabi USADecember 30, 19814
ANDA070967Fresenius Kabi USAOctober 13, 19871
ANDA070968Fresenius Kabi USAOctober 13, 19872

Companies that list Sensorcaine

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

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.

  1. November 22, 2022 · Class II · Terminated · D-0127-2023

    Subpotent Drug: Testing results below the defined limit for the epinephrine portion of this product.

    Sensorcaine (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP) with Epinephrine 1:200,000 (as bitartrate), 0.25%, 125 mg per 50 mL (2.5 mg per mL), 50 mL Multiple Dose Vial (NDC 63323-461-01), packaged in 25 Multiple Dose — Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC

  2. November 22, 2022 · Class II · Terminated · D-0129-2023

    Subpotent Drug: Testing results below the defined limit for the epinephrine portion of this product.

    Sensorcaine-MPF (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP) with Epinephrine 1:200,000 (as bitartrate), 0.25%, 25 mg per 10 mL (2.5 mg per mL), 10 mL Single Dose Vial (NDC 63323-468-01), packaged in 25 Single Dose V — Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC

  3. November 22, 2022 · Class II · Terminated · D-0128-2023

    Subpotent Drug: Testing results below the defined limit for the epinephrine portion of this product.

    Sensorcaine (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP) with Epinephrine 1:200,000 (as bitartrate), 0.5%, 250 mg per 50 mL (5 mg per mL), 50 mL Multiple Dose Vial (NDC 63323-463-01), packaged in 25 Multiple Dose Via — Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC

  4. December 10, 2020 · Class II · Terminated · D-0172-2021

    Subpotent Drug: Low out-of-specification assay results for the epinephrine component.

    Sensorcaine-MPF (Bupivacaine HCl and Epinephrine Injection, USP), 0.5%, 150 mg per 30 mL (5 mg per mL), 30 mL Single Dose Vial (NDC 63323-462-01), packaged as 25 Single Dose Vials per tray (NDC 63323-462-37), Rx only, Fr — Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC

  5. April 25, 2016 · Class II · Terminated · D-1037-2016

    Presence of Particulate Matter: Glass particulate found in sterile injectable product

    Sensorcaine- MPF (Bupivacaine HCI Injection, USP), 0.75% in a 30 mL Single Dose Vial, Rx only, Fresenius Kabi USA LLC, Lake Zurich, IL 60047, NDC 63323-472-37 — Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC

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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