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Molindone hydrochloride

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Quick answers

What is Molindone hydrochloride used for?
The FDA-approved label (Molindone Hydrochloride, Epic Pharma, LLC, December 17, 2025) says: “Molindone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP are indicated for the management of schizophrenia. The efficacy of Molindone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP in schizophrenia was established in clinical studies which enrolled newly hospitalized and chronically hospitalized, acutely ill, schizophrenic patients as subjects.” This page is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you start, stop or change any medicine.
Does Molindone hydrochloride have a boxed warning?
Yes. The FDA label for Molindone Hydrochloride has a boxed warning, the FDA’s strongest warning. Read it on the full label and ask your pharmacist.
Is there a shortage of Molindone hydrochloride?
No current shortage is listed by the FDA for the products of this medicine (FDA data from October 30, 2026).
Has Molindone hydrochloride been recalled?
No recall linked to the products of this medicine appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.
Who makes Molindone hydrochloride?
1 company lists prescription products of Molindone hydrochloride in the FDA NDC Directory, including Epic Pharma, LLC.

What Molindone hydrochloride is used for

Quoted from the “Indications and Usage” section of the FDA-approved label.

Molindone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP are indicated for the management of schizophrenia. The efficacy of Molindone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP in schizophrenia was established in clinical studies which enrolled newly hospitalized and chronically hospitalized, acutely ill, schizophrenic patients as subjects.

— FDA label: Molindone Hydrochloride, Epic Pharma, LLC, effective December 17, 2025. Read the full label on DailyMed →

This page is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you start, stop or change any medicine.

Conditions named on the label

These condition names appear word for word in the label’s “Indications and Usage” text (matched with a reviewed table). Each page lists hospitals whose own websites name the condition.

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Boxed warning

A boxed warning (“black box”) is the FDA’s strongest warning on a drug label, for serious or life-threatening risks.

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Forms and how it is given

Dosage formsTablet
RouteOral
Prescription products3 in the FDA NDC Directory

Companies that list this medicine

Labelers in the FDA NDC Directory: the company named on the package (maker or distributor), with the number of prescription products.

FDA approval history

  • ANDA: Abbreviated New Drug Application: how a generic version is approved.

Generic approvals (1)

Shortage status

The FDA drug shortage list does not show these products.

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Recalls

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

Official identifiers

RxCUI (RxNorm)1298816, 1298906, 1298910
SPL set ID of the quoted label1275e92f-9573-4d0c-8e77-1c9ac47696d2
FDA labels (SPL)1
FDA applications1 ANDA
Active ingredients (FDA)MOLINDONE

Sources

  1. FDA-approved label on DailyMed (National Library of Medicine) — Molindone Hydrochloride, Epic Pharma, LLC, effective December 17, 2025; via openFDA, FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  2. NDC Directory (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  3. Drugs@FDA (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. Drug shortages (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026

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