Mucinex D Maximum Strength Guaifenesin and Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride 1200 mg; 120 mg Tablet, Extended Release
🆔 Identity & classification
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🏷️ RxNorm drug class
This medicine belongs to the Expectorant class.
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🩺 Clinical
- Yes, each ingredient does something different. Guaifenesin works on your chest — it thins and loosens the mucus in your airways so it's easier to cough up. Pseudoephedrine works on...
- What does this medicine actually do — do I need both ingredients?
- No — please don't. Extended-release tablets are designed to release the medicine slowly over about 12 hours. Crushing, chewing, or breaking them releases the whole dose at once, wh...
- Can I crush or cut the extended-release tablet if it's hard to swallow?
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🧪 Inactive Ingredients / Excipients
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Alumina is a white powder form of aluminum oxide. It's used as a filler to add bulk to tablets and capsules, and sometimes as a thickening or anti-caking agent in powdered formulations.
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Carbomer Homopolymer Type B is a synthetic polymer made from acrylic acid. It absorbs water and forms a gel, so it's used in medicines as a thickener, suspending agent, and to help create a smooth texture in creams, gels, and lotions.
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A synthetic yellow dye used to color medications. It helps identify the drug and make it visually distinctive, with no effect on how the medicine works.
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Hypromellose is a plant-based thickener made from cellulose. It's used in medicines as a binder to hold ingredients together, a coating for tablets, and a thickener for liquids.
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Magnesium stearate is a salt made from magnesium and stearic acid, a fatty substance. It's used in tablets and capsules as a lubricant and glidant to help ingredients flow smoothly during manufacturing and prevent sticking.
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Microcrystalline cellulose is a purified form of cellulose, a natural fiber from plant sources. It acts as a binder and filler in tablets and capsules, helping hold ingredients together and give the medicine its shape and size.
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A starch-based powder made from potatoes and processed with sodium. It acts as a disintegrant, helping the tablet or capsule break apart quickly in the stomach so the medicine can be absorbed.
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💲 Pricing
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| Price system | Per ea | Per package |
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| Retail pharmacies payNADAC · weekly | $0.979 | $23.51 / 24 tablets |
| 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. | |
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🔁 Therapeutic equivalents
| Product | Labeler | Pack | NADAC/unit | TE | Status | Price vs. this |
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| Mucus D 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 00113-8911-62 | L. | 6 tablets | $0.423 | — | Availability likely | save 57% |
| Leader Mucus Relief D 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 70000-0719-01 | Cardinal | 6 tablets | $0.423 | — | Availability likely | save 57% |
| foster and thrive mucus relief d 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 70677-1273-01 | Strategic | 6 tablets | $0.423 | — | Availability likely | save 57% |
| Mucinex D Maximum Strength 1200 mg/1; 120 mgthis 63824-0041-24 | Reckitt | 12 tablets | $0.979 | — | FDA listed | — |
| Guaifenesin and Pseudoephedrine HCl 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 00363-0134-78 | WALGREEN | 12 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| mucus relief d 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 00363-2389-62 | Walgreen | 6 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Mucus Relief D 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 00363-7064-24 | Walgreens | 6 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Mucus Relief D 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 11822-7399-04 | Rite | 6 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Mucus Relief D 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 49035-0261-12 | Wal-mart | 12 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| mucus d 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 51316-0345-62 | CVS | 6 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| MAXIMUM STRENGTH Mucus D 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 51316-0970-24 | CVS | 24 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Guaifenesin and Pseudoephedrine HCl 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 51660-0077-12 | Ohm | 12 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Guaifenesin and Pseudoephedrine HCL 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 55111-0799-04 | Dr. | 6 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| nasal and chest decongestant 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 56062-0614-62 | Publix | 6 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Guaifenesin and Pseudoephedrine HCl 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 58602-0834-77 | Aurohealth | 12 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| mucus relief d 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 59640-0300-62 | H | 6 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Guaifenesin and Pseudoephedrine HCl 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 62207-0828-71 | Granules | 10 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Mucus Relief D 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 69842-0211-24 | CVS | 6 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| mucus D 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 79481-0119-00 | Meijer, | 3 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Equate Mucus D 1200 mg/1; 120 mg 79903-0388-24 | WALMART | 6 tablets | — | — | FDA listed | — |
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⏳ Availability & generic status
FDA-approved generic versions are listed, and recent pricing/market data suggests they may be available — see Therapeutic equivalents.
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📦 Packaging — all sizes for this product
| Package NDC | Description | Per unit | Per pack | Marketing start | Status |
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| 63824-0041-12 | 1 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (63824-041-12) / 12 TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BLISTER PACK | $0.9794 / ea | $11.75 | 2020-01-01 | Discontinued by firm |
| 63824-0041-24 You're viewing this | 2 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (63824-041-24) / 12 TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BLISTER PACK | $0.9794 / ea | $23.51 | 2012-06-26 | Active |
This pack effectively ties for the lowest per-ea cost of the 2 priced pack sizes ($0.9794 NADAC).
Pack size FAQ
What quantity is in NDC 63824-0041-24?
What NDC number is used to bill for this package of Mucinex D Maximum Strength Guaifenesin and Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride 1200 mg; 120 mg Tablet, Extended Release?
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.
📄 FDA label — Drug Facts FDA SPL
🎯 Indications and Usage ▾
Uses helps loosen phlegm (mucus) and thin bronchial secretions to rid the bronchial passageways of bothersome mucus and make coughs more productive temporarily relieves nasal congestion due to: common cold hay fever upper respiratory allergies temporarily restores freer breathing through the nose promotes nasal and/or sinus drainage temporarily relieves sinus congestion and pressure
⏱️ Dosage and Administration ▾
Directions do not crush, chew, or break tablet take with a full glass of water this product can be administered without regard for timing of meals adults and children 12 years and older: 1 tablet every 12 hours; not more than 2 tablets in 24 hours children under 12 years of age: do not use
⚠️ Warnings ▾
Warnings Do not use if you are now taking a prescription monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for depression, psychiatric, or emotional conditions, or Parkinson's disease), or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI drug. If you do not know if your prescription drug contains an MAOI, ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking this product. Ask a doctor before use if you have heart disease high blood pressure thyroid disease diabetes trouble urinating due to an enlarged prostate gland persistent or chronic cough such as occurs with smoking, asthma, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema cough accompanied by too much phlegm (mucus) When using this product do not use more than directed Stop use and ask a doctor if you get nervous, dizzy, or sleepless symptoms do not get better within 7 days, come back or occur with a fever, rash, or persistent headache.
These could be signs of a serious illness. If pregnant or breast-feeding, ask a health professional before use. Keep out of reach of children.
In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
📦 Storage and Handling ▾
Other information store at 20-25°C (68-77°F)
🧪 Active Ingredient ▾
Active ingredients (in each extended-release tablet) Purposes Guaifenesin 1200 mg Expectorant Pseudoephedrine HCl 120 mg Nasal Decongestant Active ingredients (in each extended-release tablet) Purposes Guaifenesin 1200 mg Expectorant Pseudoephedrine HCl 120 mg Nasal Decongestant
🧪 Inactive Ingredients ▾
Inactive ingredients carbomer homopolymer type B; FD&C yellow no. 6 aluminum lake; hypromellose, USP; magnesium stearate, NF; microcrystalline cellulose, NF; sodium starch glycolate, NF
🎯 Purpose ▾
Active ingredients (in each extended-release tablet) Purposes Guaifenesin 1200 mg Expectorant Pseudoephedrine HCl 120 mg Nasal Decongestant