Drug products withdrawn or removed from the market for reasons of safety or effectiveness.
21 C.F.R. § 216.24
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01The following drug products were withdrawn or removed from the market because such drug products or components of such drug products have been found to be unsafe or not effective. The following drug products may not be compounded under the exemptions provided by section 503A(a) or section 503B(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act:
Adenosine phosphate: All drug products containing adenosine phosphate.
Adrenal cortex: All drug products containing adrenal cortex.
Alatrofloxacin mesylate: All drug products containing alatrofloxacin mesylate.
Aminopyrine: All drug products containing aminopyrine.
Astemizole: All drug products containing astemizole.
Azaribine: All drug products containing azaribine.
Benoxaprofen: All drug products containing benoxaprofen.
Bithionol: All drug products containing bithionol.
Bromfenac sodium: All drug products containing bromfenac sodium (except ophthalmic solutions).
Bromocriptine mesylate: All drug products containing bromocriptine mesylate for prevention of physiological lactation.
Butamben: All parenteral drug products containing butamben.
Camphorated oil: All drug products containing camphorated oil.
Carbetapentane citrate: All oral gel drug products containing carbetapentane citrate.
Casein, iodinated: All drug products containing iodinated casein.
Cerivastatin sodium: All drug products containing cerivastatin sodium.
Chloramphenicol: All oral drug products containing chloramphenicol.
Chlorhexidine gluconate: All tinctures of chlorhexidine gluconate formulated for use as a patient preoperative skin preparation.
Chlormadinone acetate: All drug products containing chlormadinone acetate.
Chloroform: All drug products containing chloroform.
Cisapride: All drug products containing cisapride.
Cobalt: All drug products containing cobalt salts (except radioactive forms of cobalt and its salts and cobalamin and its derivatives).
Dexfenfluramine hydrochloride: All drug products containing dexfenfluramine hydrochloride.
Diamthazole dihydrochloride: All drug products containing diamthazole dihydrochloride.
Dibromsalan: All drug products containing dibromsalan.
Diethylstilbestrol: All oral and parenteral drug products containing 25 milligrams or more of diethylstilbestrol per unit dose.
Dihydrostreptomycin sulfate: All drug products containing dihydrostreptomycin sulfate.
Dipyrone: All drug products containing dipyrone.
Encainide hydrochloride: All drug products containing encainide hydrochloride.
Esmolol hydrochloride: All parenteral dosage form drug products containing esmolol hydrochloride that supply 250 milligrams/milliliter of concentrated esmolol per 10-milliliter ampule.
Etretinate: All drug products containing etretinate.
Fenfluramine hydrochloride: All drug products containing fenfluramine hydrochloride.
Flosequinan: All drug products containing flosequinan.
Gatifloxacin: All drug products containing gatifloxacin (except ophthalmic solutions).
Gelatin: All intravenous drug products containing gelatin.
Glycerol, iodinated: All drug products containing iodinated glycerol.
Gonadotropin, chorionic: All drug products containing chorionic gonadotropins of animal origin.
Grepafloxacin: All drug products containing grepafloxacin.
Mepazine: All drug products containing mepazine hydrochloride or mepazine acetate.
Metabromsalan: All drug products containing metabromsalan.
Methamphetamine hydrochloride: All parenteral drug products containing methamphetamine hydrochloride.
Methapyrilene: All drug products containing methapyrilene.
Methopholine: All drug products containing methopholine.
Methoxyflurane: All drug products containing methoxyflurane.
Mibefradil dihydrochloride: All drug products containing mibefradil dihydrochloride.
Nitrofurazone: All drug products containing nitrofurazone (except topical drug products formulated for dermatologic application).
Nomifensine maleate: All drug products containing nomifensine maleate.
Novobiocin sodium: All drug products containing novobiocin sodium.
Ondansetron hydrochloride: All intravenous drug products containing greater than a 16 milligram single dose of ondansetron hydrochloride.
Oxyphenisatin: All drug products containing oxyphenisatin.
Oxyphenisatin acetate: All drug products containing oxyphenisatin acetate.
Pemoline: All drug products containing pemoline.
Pergolide mesylate: All drug products containing pergolide mesylate.
Phenacetin: All drug products containing phenacetin.
Phenformin hydrochloride: All drug products containing phenformin hydrochloride.
Phenylpropanolamine: All drug products containing phenylpropanolamine.
Pipamazine: All drug products containing pipamazine.
Polyethylene glycol 3350, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, and bisacodyl: All drug products containing polyethylene glycol 3350, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and potassium chloride for oral solution, and 10 milligrams or more of bisacodyl delayed-release tablets.
Potassium arsenite: All drug products containing potassium arsenite.
Potassium chloride: All solid oral dosage form drug products containing potassium chloride that supply 100 milligrams or more of potassium per dosage unit (except for controlled-release dosage forms and those products formulated for preparation of solution prior to ingestion).
Povidone: All intravenous drug products containing povidone.
Propoxyphene: All drug products containing propoxyphene.
Rapacuronium bromide: All drug products containing rapacuronium bromide.
Reserpine: All oral dosage form drug products containing more than 1 milligram of reserpine.
Rofecoxib: All drug products containing rofecoxib.
Sibutramine hydrochloride: All drug products containing sibutramine hydrochloride.
Sparteine sulfate: All drug products containing sparteine sulfate.
Sulfadimethoxine: All drug products containing sulfadimethoxine.
Sulfathiazole: All drug products containing sulfathiazole (except for those formulated for vaginal use).
Suprofen: All drug products containing suprofen (except ophthalmic solutions).
Sweet spirits of nitre: All drug products containing sweet spirits of nitre.
Tegaserod maleate: All drug products containing tegaserod maleate.
Temafloxacin hydrochloride: All drug products containing temafloxacin hydrochloride.
Terfenadine: All drug products containing terfenadine.
3,3′,4′,5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide: All drug products containing 3,3′,4′,5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide.
Tetracycline: All liquid oral drug products formulated for pediatric use containing tetracycline in a concentration greater than 25 milligrams/milliliter.
Ticrynafen: All drug products containing ticrynafen.
Tribromsalan: All drug products containing tribromsalan.
Trichloroethane: All aerosol drug products intended for inhalation containing trichloroethane.
Troglitazone: All drug products containing troglitazone.
Trovafloxacin mesylate: All drug products containing trovafloxacin mesylate.
Urethane: All drug products containing urethane.
Valdecoxib: All drug products containing valdecoxib.
Vinyl chloride: All aerosol drug products containing vinyl chloride.
Zirconium: All aerosol drug products containing zirconium.
Zomepirac sodium: All drug products containing zomepirac sodium.
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