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Betoptic S betaxolol hydrochloride 2.8 mg/mL Suspension/ Drops — NDC 0065-0246-10 (Billing 00065-0246-10)

by Alcon Laboratories, Inc. · 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC in 1 CARTON / 10 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC

This is a package of Betoptic S betaxolol hydrochloride 2.8 mg/mL Suspension/ Drops from Alcon Laboratories, Inc., no longer marketed, no longer in the FDA NDC Directory; retail pharmacies pay about $35.50 per mL (NADAC). It is the main listing for this product, which comes in 2 package sizes.

NDC 00065-0246-10
🏷️ FDA NDC (as labeled) 0065-0246-10 billing pads the labeler segment with a zero
This package
Contains10 mL in 1 bottle, plastic Cost per mL$35.50 NADAC Per package$355.00 / 10 ml Pack sizes2 compare ↓
Main listing for product 0065-0246 · Also comes in: 15 mL 0065-0246-15
Rx only Brand Discontinued Non-controlled ⚠ Discontinued by firm ⇄ Compare with another NDC
🗂️ FDA directory synced Oct 1, 2026 · this listing last changed Mar 13, 2024 · sources: openFDA · FDA label (DailyMed) · FDA Orange & Purple Book · First Databank · CMS NADAC, ASP, Medicare & Medicaid · RxNorm
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NDC database record

One package, one record: these facts belong to NDC 0065-0246-10 alone.

Record
FDA NDC Directory package listing · Human prescription drug
Code segments
0065 labeler · 0246 product · 10 package
Barcode (UPC-A, from the NDC)
3 0065024610 1
FDA record last changed
Mar 13, 2024
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Excluded from the active FDA NDC Directory. The labeler reported this product as discontinued, so it is excluded from the active NDC Directory. The listing was last certified through Aug 2024. A label may still appear on DailyMed, but the NDC is no longer in the current FDA NDC Directory. Search the FDA NDC Directory ↗

Identity & classification

Regulatory identifiers FDA, NLM and CMS codes for this package

FDA NDC (as labeled) 0065-0246-10
Product NDC 0065-0246
11-digit billing NDC 00065024610
NCPDP billing unit ML — per mL (volume)
Application # NDA019845
Established class (EPC) Adrenergic beta-Antagonists [MoA], beta-Adrenergic Blocker
DEA schedule Non-controlled
Marketing category NDA
Marketing status Discontinued
FDA listing status Discontinued by firm (certified through Aug 2024)
Route OPHTHALMIC
Dosage form SUSPENSION/ DROPS
Substance BETAXOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE

Drug-database identifiers Medi-Span GPI and First Databank GCN / HICL / AHFS classification

GCN Seq No 013721
GCN 33211
HICL code 005168
Ingredient (HICL) Betaxolol Hcl
HIC1 code Q
Therapeutic class — broad (HIC1) Ear/Eye/Nose/Rectum/Topical/Vagina/Other
HIC2 code Q6
Therapeutic class — intermediate (HIC2) Ophthalmic Preparations
HIC3 code Q6G
Therapeutic class — specific (HIC3) Miotics And Other Intraocular Pressure Reducers
AHFS code 12:16.08.08
AHFS class Selective Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agent
FDB label name BETOPTIC S 0.25% EYE DROPS
FDB brand name Betoptic S
Legend status F — Federal legend — prescription drug or device
Quick answers
  • GSN (GCN sequence number): 013721
  • GCN: 33211
  • HICL (First Databank): 005168
  • AHFS class code: 12:16.08.08
Why two NDCs? The FDA registers this code as 0065-0246-10 — a 4-4-2 layout, and that's what's printed on the package and shown on DailyMed. For insurance claims, every NDC is standardized to a uniform 11-digit 5-4-2 format by adding a zero to the labeler segment → 00065-0246-10. Same drug, same package — only the format differs.
Where does this data come from?
Identifiers from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory and Structured Product Labeling; RxCUI from RxNorm (NLM); GPI from Medi-Span; GCN / HIC / AHFS / legend from First Databank.

Clinical

Label name BETOPTIC S 0.25% EYE DROPS Ingredient Betaxolol Hcl
📗 Our plain-language guide HelloPharmacist
  • It depends on the form. The tablets treat high blood pressure. The eye drops lower pressure in the eye for ocular hypertension and chronic open-angle glaucoma.
  • Tablets are taken by mouth, usually once a day, and food does not change absorption. Eye drops go into the affected eye(s), usually twice a day. Betoptic S needs a good shake first...
  • Please don’t stop on your own. Stopping suddenly can make chest pain worse and has been linked to heart attacks. If you need to stop, your doctor will taper you off over about 2 we...
  • Most are mild, like a slow heartbeat, tiredness, dizziness, headache or shortness of breath. Call your doctor for wheezing, swelling, fainting or worsening breathlessness.
📖 Read our full Betaxolol guide →

Supplement & herbal interactions

🌿 Drug–supplement interaction checker →
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Nutrient depletion considerations

Betaxolol may be associated with lower levels of 1 nutrient — worth a chat with your pharmacist, not a cause for alarm.

🧪 Full Betaxolol nutrient depletion report →
An association is not a deficiency. Educational only — don't start or stop anything without professional guidance.
Where does this data come from?
Plain-language summary from MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine); supplement & herbal interactions and nutrient depletion data from the Natural Medicines database; our full guide is HelloPharmacist editorial content.

Pricing

A drug doesn't have one price. Each row is a different public payment system, and none is what you'd pay at the counter — that depends on your insurance. The ⓘ on each row explains what it measures.

Price systemPer mLPer package
Retail pharmacies payNADAC · weekly $35.500 $355.00 / 10 ml
Medicaid paysCMS SDUD · 12 mo No recent Medicaid claims on file for this NDC — rare and low-volume NDCs are suppressed in the public data.
Medicare drug plans payPart D · quarterly No Part D plan price is available for this NDC in our data.
NADAC price history (per mL) — tap or hover for the price & month
Feb 2021 Jan 2022 Jul 2022 Jan 2024 $35.500 $29.655
▲ Up 20% over the last 5 months.
Where does this data come from?
NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) is the CMS weekly pharmacy-acquisition-cost survey — what pharmacies pay. ASP (Average Sales Price) is the CMS Medicare Part B drug-payment file, published quarterly. Medicaid pays is computed by us from CMS State Drug Utilization Data (total reimbursed ÷ units, trailing 12 months) — gross of rebates and inclusive of dispensing fees, so it reflects what Medicaid paid, not an acquisition cost. Medicare drug plans pay is the median negotiated point-of-sale unit cost across plans listing this NDC in the CMS quarterly Prescription Drug Plan pricing files, before rebates. The VA pays is the federal contract price (FSS, and the statutory Big 4 ceiling where listed) from the VA National Acquisition Center pharmaceutical price file. All are free public government data; each measures a different payer, so the figures are not directly comparable.

Packaging — all sizes for this product

Package NDCDescription Per unit Per pack Marketing startMarketing endStatus
00065-0246-10 You're viewing this Main listing 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC in 1 CARTON / 10 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC $35.50 / mL $355.00 1996-01-15 — Discontinued by firm
00065-0246-15 0065-0246-15 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC in 1 CARTON / 15 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC — — 1996-01-15 — Discontinued by firm

Pack size FAQ

What quantity is in this package?
This package is listed by the FDA — 1 bottle, plastic in 1 carton / 10 ml in 1 bottle, plastic.
What NDC number is used to bill for this package of Betoptic S betaxolol hydrochloride 2.8 mg/mL Suspension/ Drops?
Use the 11-digit billing form listed in the identifiers section of this page. Pharmacy and medical claims use the 11-digit form; the FDA label may print a shorter form of the same code.

Prices are the latest CMS NADAC pharmacy acquisition cost per NDC; per-pack figures are per-unit × pack quantity, shown only when the pack is denominated in the same measure NADAC prices.

Therapeutic equivalents

ProductLabelerPackNADAC/unitTEStatusPrice vs. this
Betoptic S 2.8 mg/mLthis 00065-0246-10 Alcon 1 bottle $35.500 — Discontinued —
About this product: this is the brand-name version. We did not find an FDA-approved generic match for this exact strength, form and route.
Where does this data come from?
Equivalents are other NDCs of the same ingredient, form and route from the openFDA NDC Directory, ranked least-expensive-first by NADAC. Therapeutic-equivalence (AB) ratings come from the FDA Orange Book; biologics use the FDA Purple Book for biosimilar & interchangeable status.

Availability & generic status

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2026
Currently FDA-listed
listed with the FDA
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No generic listed yet
brand only
ℹ️No FDA-approved generic found

We did not find an FDA-approved generic match for this exact strength, form and route.

Where does this data come from?
Patents and exclusivity from the FDA Orange Book (small-molecule drugs), refreshed from public FDA data. Generic launch timing is an estimate, not a guarantee.

Inactive Ingredients / Excipients

Inactive ingredients, also called excipients, are components of the drug product other than the active ingredient. They may include fillers, dyes, coatings, preservatives, flavors, or other formulation ingredients.

🧪 Avoiding an ingredient? See Betaxolol inactive ingredients by manufacturer: every current product's list side by side, so you can ask your pharmacy for the version that does not list it.

We could not link this NDC to a current FDA Structured Product Label. An inactive-ingredient list is therefore not available from this source.
Where does this data come from?
Source: official FDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL) via DailyMed and the openFDA label index. Structured IACT rows and label-wide narrative are kept separate; availability and product-level specificity depend on the submitted label.

Inactive ingredient FAQ

Are inactive ingredients the same for every manufacturer?
No. Inactive ingredients can differ by manufacturer, dosage form, strength, and package / product version.
Why might an inactive ingredient be missing?
Some SPLs do not provide a complete structured inactive-ingredient list, and older or unusual labels may only include the information in narrative text.
Can inactive ingredients matter?
Yes. They can matter for allergies, intolerances, dyes, gluten / lactose concerns, preservatives, and formulation differences — but confirm with a pharmacist or the manufacturer when it’s clinically important.

Manufacturer & labeler

LabelerAlcon Laboratories, Inc.
Application holderNOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORP
FDA applicationNDA019845 (NDA)
Labeler code00065
Product typeHuman Prescription Drug
Portfolio55 products on file

More NDCs from Alcon Laboratories, Inc. labeler code 00065

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Where does this data come from?
Labeler, application holder and registered establishment from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory and Drugs@FDA; address/contact from the product’s FDA label.

Full prescribing information FDA SPL

The complete FDA label for this product — the official prescribing information, verbatim, section by section. Jump with a chip, search within the label, or expand everything.
📄 FDA label
📄 FDA label 19 words ▾

No FDA label is on file for this product yet. Labels load from openFDA / DailyMed and refresh weekly.

Source: FDA Structured Product Labeling, mirrored from DailyMed / openFDA.

Medicare Part D spend CMS · PART D · 2026 (Q1)

Medicare Part D (outpatient prescription) spending for Betoptic S — the program that covers self-administered drugs. 1 manufacturer.
⚠️ Drug-level data: CMS publishes Part D spending by drug, not by NDC — these figures combine every manufacturer, strength and package size sold under the name Betoptic S. That’s a different level of aggregation than the Medicaid card above, which is specific to this exact 11-digit NDC (pack size included), so the two aren’t directly comparable.
Period
Total Part D spend
$611.4K
Claims incl. refills
1K
Beneficiaries
817
Spend / beneficiary
$748.39
Spend / claim
$584.54
Trend by period
💵 About the dollar figures: spending is what Part D plans paid before confidential manufacturer rebates, so the program’s real net cost is lower. A blank patient count means fewer than 11 people — CMS hides counts that small to protect privacy. Source: CMS Medicare Quarterly Part D Spending by Drug (data.cms.gov), updated quarterly.

Reported adverse events (FAERS)

Read carefully: FAERS reports are voluntary and unverified. Counts are not incidence, do not establish causation, are subject to reporting bias, and cannot be used to compare one drug to another. Shown for signal context only. Reports for Betoptic S (this brand).

Top reported reactions

Fall66
Dyspnoea60
Pain39
Dizziness38
Asthma35
Eye Irritation35
Fatigue34

Age at onset

Neonate1
Adult24
Elderly53

Reporter sex

514 reports
Male · 30%
Female · 70%
Unknown · 0%

Serious outcomes

Hospitalization240
Death44
Life-threatening42
Disabling34
Reports over time (by year) — tap or hover for the count & year
2019 2021 2023 2026 64 14
Most recent year is provisional (FAERS lags ~3 months).
Where does this data come from?
Adverse-event reports from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA. FAERS reports are voluntary and unverified — counts are not incidence and don’t establish causation.

About this NDC listing & data coverage

Finished prescription product No longer marketed (per FDA listing data)
What data is (and isn’t) available for this NDC — tap to expand
NDC identity (package / product / labeler codes) ✓ Available
Labeler ✓ Available
Product & package description ✓ Available
Marketing category & status ✓ Available
Active ingredient / dosage form / route ✓ Available
FDA label (SPL via DailyMed) — Not published for this NDC No structured label is linked to this listing in DailyMed/openFDA.
Package photos — Not published for this NDC The FDA label for this product carries no photos.
Inactive ingredients (structured) — Not published for this NDC The labeler did not submit a structured excipient list, or no SPL is available.
NADAC pharmacy acquisition price (CMS) ✓ Available
Orange Book / therapeutic-equivalence data — Not published for this NDC Applies only to products approved under an NDA/ANDA; many listings are out of scope.
HCPCS J-code billing crosswalk — Not published for this NDC Most self-administered / retail products have no J-code — that is normal.
Medicaid utilization (CMS SDUD) — Not published for this NDC CMS reports utilization only for NDCs with Medicaid claims above its privacy threshold.
“Not published” reflects what the public FDA / CMS / NLM sources provide for this exact package code — it is a property of the data feeds, not a judgment about the product.

Questions about this listing

Why is there no full label on this page?
No structured FDA label (SPL) is currently linked to this NDC in DailyMed/openFDA. That can happen with older listings, certain OTC and repackaged products, and recently updated listings whose label has not yet propagated. The listing itself is still valid — this page shows everything the public feeds provide for this package.
What does the discontinued status mean for this NDC?
The labeler reported a marketing end date (or the listing was delisted), so this specific package is no longer actively marketed. Remaining stock may still be dispensed for a time, and the NDC stays valid for historical records and claims — but data feeds (pricing, labeling) typically stop updating for it. Other package sizes or other manufacturers' versions of the same medication may still be marketed — see the equivalents section where available.
Is the NDC printed on the package the same as the 11-digit billing NDC?
Yes, they identify this exact package in different formats. The form printed on the packaging and shown on DailyMed is the one the FDA registered. Insurance claims use a fixed 11-digit 5-4-2 format, so the short segment is padded with a leading zero and the dashes are dropped. The Identity section at the top of this page lists each form of this code.
Does this product come in other package sizes?
Yes — the FDA directory lists 1 other package presentation of this same product, including 1 bottle (00065-0246-15). Each has its own NDC and its own page — see the package list near the top of this page.
Who lists this product with the FDA?
Alcon Laboratories, Inc. is the labeler of record for this NDC — the company under whose FDA-assigned code the package is listed. The labeler may be the manufacturer itself or a distributor marketing the product under its own code.
Do I need a prescription for this product?
This NDC is listed with FDA as a prescription product, so it is dispensed under a prescriber's order. Your pharmacist can tell you whether any over-the-counter forms of the same medication exist.
This page identifies an FDA-listed package (the NDC) and reports public regulatory and pricing data about the listing. It is reference information, not a medical recommendation — talk to your pharmacist or prescriber about your own medication.
Where does this data come from?
Listing facts (marketing category, packager status, marketing dates) from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory; label availability from DailyMed; pricing coverage from CMS NADAC; equivalence scope from the FDA Orange Book.
← 00065-0092-65 · Alcon, 00065-0303-55 · Alcon →
For educational and professional reference only — not medical advice. Pricing reflects published NADAC and CMS ASP (free public data) and may differ from your acquisition cost; always verify before billing or dispensing.