Inactive ingredients by manufacturer

Dexmedetomidine inactive ingredients by manufacturer

Wondering whether your Dexmedetomidine has lactose, gluten, soy, a dye or gelatin in it? The medicine is the same, but the fillers, coatings and colors differ from one company to the next. This page shows what each Dexmedetomidine product's FDA label lists, so you can find a version that leaves out what you avoid and ask your pharmacist for it by its NDC.

We have read the FDA labels of 65 of the 82 current Dexmedetomidine products on the market today, from 27 companies listing it with the FDA, and lined them up side by side. 13 are still being read and will appear on a later visit. 4 labels have no inactive-ingredient list we could read, so those products cannot be compared.

Ask about your bottle

Is there something in your Dexmedetomidine? Ask in plain words.

Name the company, strength or the NDC on your bottle and the ingredient you avoid. The answer comes only from the FDA labels on this page.

Answers are drawn from the FDA label data on this page and checked against it. They are not medical advice: confirm with your pharmacist before relying on them.

The short answer

Which Dexmedetomidine products list lactose, a gluten source, soy, dyes or gelatin?

  1. LactoseNo checked product

    No checked Dexmedetomidine product lists lactose.

  2. Wheat or gluten sourceNo checked product

    No checked Dexmedetomidine product lists a wheat or gluten source.

  3. SoyNo checked product

    No checked Dexmedetomidine product lists soy.

  4. Synthetic dyesDiffers by manufacturer

    2 of 65 checked products list synthetic dyes; 63 do not. See the products

    Does not list it Amneal Avenacy Baxter Healthcare Company Baxter Healthcare Corporation Civica Dr.Reddy's Eugia Fresenius Kabi Gland Henry Schein Hikma Hospira Medical Purchasing Solutions Meitheal Mylan Institutional Par Health Piramal Critical Care Precision Dose ProPharma Distribution Sagent Sandoz Somerset Therapeutics Wilshire
    Lists it BioXcel Therapeutics
  5. GelatinNo checked product

    No checked Dexmedetomidine product lists gelatin.

Also listed by some products: PEG or polysorbate 2 of 65

Find a version without it

Every current Dexmedetomidine product and what its label lists

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ProductListsInactive ingredients on the label
Accord Healthcare Inc. 1 product
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 16729-0239-93 Still being read Not read yet
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC 4 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 70121-1711-02 None of these listed
Show 4 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 70121-1712-02 None of these listed
Show 4 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 70121-1388-08 Still being read Not read yet
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 70121-1389-07 Still being read Not read yet
Avenacy Inc. 1 product
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 83634-0600-02 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

sodium chloride, water
Baxter Healthcare Company 6 products
200 mcg/50 mL injectionNDC 00338-9555-24 None of these listed
Show 4 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
200 mcg/50 mL injectionNDC 43066-0555-24 None of these listed
Show 4 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
200 mcg/50 mL injectionNDC 43066-0561-24 None of these listed
Show 4 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
400 mcg/100 mL injectionNDC 00338-9557-12 None of these listed
Show 4 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
400 mcg/100 mL injectionNDC 43066-0557-12 None of these listed
Show 4 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
400 mcg/100 mL injectionNDC 43066-0565-12 None of these listed
Show 4 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Baxter Healthcare Corporation 1 product
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 36000-0262-05 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. 2 products
120 mcg sublingual filmNDC 81092-1120-01 Synthetic dyes Polyethylene glycol or polysorbate
Show 7 ingredients

FD&C BLUE NO. 1, HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE (160000 WAMW), HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE (430000 WAMW), HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE, UNSPECIFIED, Peppermint Oil, POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL, UNSPECIFIED, Sucralose
180 mcg sublingual filmNDC 81092-1180-01 Synthetic dyes Polyethylene glycol or polysorbate
Show 7 ingredients

FD&C BLUE NO. 1, HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE (160000 WAMW), HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE (430000 WAMW), HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE, UNSPECIFIED, Peppermint Oil, POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL, UNSPECIFIED, Sucralose
Civica, Inc. 2 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 72572-0127-10 None of these listed
Show 3 ingredients

METHIONINE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 72572-0128-08 None of these listed
Show 3 ingredients

METHIONINE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Dr.Reddy's Laboratories Inc 2 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 43598-0975-58 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

Sodium Chloride, Water
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 43598-0976-58 Still being read Not read yet
Eugia US LLC 3 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 55150-0296-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 55150-0297-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 55150-0209-02 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 2 products
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 63323-0421-02 None of these listed
Show 3 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 65219-0642-02 None of these listed
Show 3 ingredients

ACETIC ACID, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE
Gland Pharma Limited 4 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 68083-0238-20 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 68083-0239-10 Still being read Not read yet
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 68083-0657-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 68083-0527-25 Still being read Not read yet
Henry Schein, Inc. 1 product
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00404-9938-02 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. 4 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00143-9198-10 None of these listed
Show 1 ingredient

SODIUM CHLORIDE
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00143-9525-10 None of these listed
Show 1 ingredient

SODIUM CHLORIDE
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00143-9526-10 None of these listed
Show 1 ingredient

SODIUM CHLORIDE
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00143-9532-25 None of these listed
Show 1 ingredient

SODIUM CHLORIDE
Hospira, Inc. 13 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-0155-02 Still being read Not read yet
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-1174-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-1434-01 Still being read Not read yet
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-1454-20 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-1596-01 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-1660-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-2815-01 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-3301-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-4596-20 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-7838-24 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-7853-24 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-7875-12 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00409-1638-02 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Medical Purchasing Solutions, LLC 5 products
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 71872-7218-01 None of these listed
Show 1 ingredient

SODIUM CHLORIDE
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 71872-7030-01 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 71872-7031-01 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 71872-7122-01 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
200 mcg/2 mL injectionNDC 71872-7323-01 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Meitheal Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1 product
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 71288-0505-03 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

sodium chloride, water
Mylan Institutional LLC 3 products
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 67457-0251-02 Still being read Not read yet
200 mcg/50 mL injectionNDC 67457-0924-50 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
400 mcg/100 mL injectionNDC 67457-0925-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Par Health USA, LLC 3 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 42023-0186-20 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 42023-0187-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 42023-0146-25 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Piramal Critical Care Inc 4 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 66794-0234-44 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 66794-0235-41 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
200 mcg/2 mL injectionNDC 66794-0230-42 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
200 mcg/2 mL injectionNDC 66794-0233-42 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Precision Dose, Inc. 3 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 68094-0047-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

sodium chloride, water
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 68094-0147-20 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

sodium chloride, water
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 68094-0247-10 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

sodium chloride, water
ProPharma Distribution 3 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 84549-0493-95 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 84549-0505-03 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
200 mcg/2 mL injectionNDC 84549-0230-42 Still being read Not read yet
Sagent Pharmaceuticals 2 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 25021-0617-82 Still being read Not read yet
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 25021-0615-50 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

sodium chloride, water
Sandoz Inc. 3 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00781-3493-95 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00781-3494-95 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 00781-3495-95 None of these listed
Show 2 ingredients

SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
Somerset Therapeutics, LLC 2 products
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 70069-0758-04 None of these listed
Show 5 ingredients

METHYLPARABEN, NITROGEN, PROPYLPARABEN, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 70069-0759-04 Still being read Not read yet
Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries, Inc. 1 product
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 57664-0596-50 Still being read Not read yet
WG Critical Care, LLC 4 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 44567-0602-24 No inactive-ingredient list on the label No list we could read
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 44567-0603-24 No inactive-ingredient list on the label No list we could read
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 44567-0600-04 No inactive-ingredient list on the label No list we could read
100 mcg/mL injectionNDC 44567-0601-04 No inactive-ingredient list on the label No list we could read
Wilshire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2 products
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 52536-0125-10 None of these listed
Show 3 ingredients

METHIONINE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER
4 mcg/mL injectionNDC 52536-0126-08 None of these listed
Show 3 ingredients

METHIONINE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, WATER

A product with none of these listed is not certified to be without them: the label says what the manufacturer declared, and the source of a starch or a flavor is often not stated. The companies are the FDA's labelers, which include repackagers and distributors selling another company's product under their own label. The NDC opens the product's own page, with the full label and its inactive-ingredient notes.

Dexmedetomidine without synthetic dyes

Synthetic dyes: FD&C or D&C colorants and their aluminum lakes. 2 of 65 checked products list synthetic dyes; 63 do not.

Does not list synthetic dyes

Lists synthetic dyes

Dexmedetomidine without polyethylene glycol or polysorbate

Polyethylene glycol or polysorbate: PEG, macrogol or polysorbate; a rare cause of allergic reactions. 2 of 65 checked products list polyethylene glycol or polysorbate; 63 do not.

Does not list polyethylene glycol or polysorbate

Lists polyethylene glycol or polysorbate

At the pharmacy counter

How to use this at the pharmacy counter

  1. Pick the company whose list suits you and copy the NDC from the table. Many pharmacies order from wholesalers that carry several companies' versions and can request a particular one if you ask before the prescription is filled; some buy from one contracted source only, and a few insurance plans cover only certain NDCs, so ask the pharmacist to check.
  2. Treat "does not list" as exactly that. The label is what the manufacturer declared; a flavor or a starch may have an unstated source, and lines change. For celiac disease or a serious allergy, ask the manufacturer's medical information line for a written statement about the lot you have.
  3. Check the bottle each refill. A different company usually means a different shape, color and inactive-ingredient list; the pharmacist can tell you who made it, and the two-NDC comparison shows the difference line by line.
  4. If you need one company's version kept constant, ask your prescriber to write that company or the NDC on the prescription and tell the pharmacy you need it held. Rules vary by state and plan, so confirm with the pharmacist.
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Common questions about Dexmedetomidine inactive ingredients

Is Dexmedetomidine gluten-free?
This page cannot certify any Dexmedetomidine product gluten-free; it reports what each label declares. Of the 65 products checked, none lists a wheat, barley, rye or gluten ingredient, and none lists a starch without a stated source. If you have celiac disease, ask the manufacturer's medical information line for a written gluten statement for the lot you have.
Does Dexmedetomidine contain lactose?
No checked Dexmedetomidine product lists lactose on its label. People with a milk allergy or a strong intolerance often prefer a version that does not list it.
Does Dexmedetomidine contain soy?
No checked Dexmedetomidine product lists a soy ingredient (soybean oil or soy lecithin) on its label. Soy lecithin is the usual form and the amount is small, but people with a soy allergy often prefer a version that does not list it.
Is there a dye-free Dexmedetomidine?
2 of 65 checked Dexmedetomidine products list a synthetic dye (an FD&C or D&C colorant); 63 do not: Amneal (4 mcg/mL injection), Avenacy (100 mcg/mL injection), Baxter Healthcare Company (200 mcg/50 mL injection and 400 mcg/100 mL injection) and Baxter Healthcare Corporation (100 mcg/mL injection) and 19 other companies. Colorants often differ by strength within one company's line, so compare the lists above strength by strength.
Does Dexmedetomidine contain gelatin?
No checked Dexmedetomidine product lists gelatin on its label. Gelatin is usually bovine or porcine and the label rarely says which; for kosher, halal or vegetarian needs, ask the manufacturer.
Why do the inactive ingredients differ between manufacturers?
A generic must match the brand's active ingredient, strength, dose form and how it is absorbed; its fillers, binders, coatings and colorants are the manufacturer's own choice. That is why one Dexmedetomidine product can list lactose and a dye while another from a different company lists neither.
Can my pharmacy give me a specific manufacturer's version?
Often, if you ask before the prescription is filled: many pharmacies order from wholesalers that carry several companies' versions and can request a particular one. Some pharmacies buy a generic from one contracted source only, and a few insurance plans cover only certain NDCs, so ask the pharmacist to check. Give them the NDC from this page; the company name alone is often enough.
How current is this list?
The products are the ones in the FDA's current NDC directory as of October 6, 2026, and each inactive-ingredient list is the manufacturer's FDA label as our label sync last read it. Formulations change, so check the label on your own bottle and ask your pharmacist if a refill looks different.

Sources: the products are the finished Dexmedetomidine products in the FDA's current NDC directory (openFDA), as of October 6, 2026; each inactive-ingredient list is the manufacturer's FDA Structured Product Label via DailyMed, as our label sync last read it. The concern groups are HelloPharmacist's classification of the names the label declares. Educational information only, not medical advice; confirm with your pharmacist before relying on a list. ← Back to the Dexmedetomidine guide