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Capsimide

Capsaicin 0.025% Topical Patch · CAPSAICIN .025 g/100g · Patch · Topical · Sola Pharmaceuticals

NDC 70512-0016-10 · 10 POUCH in 1 BOX / 9 g in 1 POUCH · OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG · View full market →

The short version

Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price is up 9% over the past year, to $1.12 per unit. Put together: worth watching — several of the pressures that precede supply trouble are present at once.

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Medicare Part D

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NADAC price per unit

$0$0.5$1.00$1.50Jan 2025Sep 2026$1.12
20 price points · per EASource: CMS NADAC

Supply fragility

30Elevated risk

The score is counting real pressure here. One of these alone is routine; it’s the combination that makes this market worth watching.

  • 1 active manufacturer+30

The score counts pressure that is already visible — fewer makers, shortages, recalls, falling prices. 0 means none of it; 100 means all of it at once. Recomputed daily · as of Sep 3, 2026

90-day shortage risk (model v2)

0.1%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for capsaicin (other) in the next 90 days

price up 12% YoY · sole-source market

For scale: the typical drug’s chance is about 0.1% — this one is in ordinary territory.

Backtested statistical model over the whole market, not this package alone. Model details →

Regulatory

Application
M017
TE code
Approval date
Patents / exclusivity
None on file

Shortage history

No FDA shortage reports for this drug or its presentations.

Recalls (this NDC)

No enforcement reports list this package NDC.

Manufacturers of Capsaicin 0.025% Topical Patch (Patch)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Sola PharmaceuticalsCAPSAICIN .025 g/100gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

Roster from daily NDC Directory diffs — first/last seen dates start July 2026.

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