Tagamet is a brand name of Cimetidine, an over-the-counter medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 3 Tagamet products in 1 strength and form.

Medtech Products holds the FDA application for Tagamet (NDA020238, approved June 19, 1995). 1 other company (repackagers or distributors) also list Tagamet products.

Is there a generic or store brand of Tagamet?

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

Tagamet (Cimetidine): maker, FDA approval and generic versions

Official data, not advice

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Quick answers

What is Tagamet?: Tagamet is a brand name of Cimetidine, an over-the-counter medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 3 Tagamet products in 1 strength and form.
Who makes Tagamet?: Medtech Products holds the FDA application for Tagamet (NDA020238, approved June 19, 1995). 1 other company (repackagers or distributors) also list Tagamet products.
Is there a generic or store brand of Tagamet?: Other products of Cimetidine are listed with the FDA, but none in exactly the same strength and form as a Tagamet product.
Has Tagamet been recalled?: No recall linked to Tagamet products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Tagamet is

Each Tagamet 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.

Cimetidine · over-the-counter medicine

Strength and form	Product names	Same medicine, other names	Label
cimetidine 200 mg tablet (oral)	Tagamet	None listed	DailyMed

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

FDA approval

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

FDA applications of Tagamet products (Drugs@FDA)
Application	Holder	First approved	Products
NDA020238	Medtech Products	June 19, 1995	3

Companies that list Tagamet

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

Medtech Products Inc.2 products
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.1 product

Recalls

No recall linked to Tagamet 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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