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metronidazole · Gel

43 marketed package NDCs · 20 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: 7.5 mg/g · Gel · #1 tube, with applicator/carton / 70 g in 1 tube, with applicator · 500 mg · Tablet · #500 tablets/bottle · 250 mg · Tablet · #500 tablets/bottle · 10 mg/g · Gel · #1 tube/carton / 60 g in 1 tube

The short version

20 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The generic price has fallen 46% in a year, to $0.2209 per gram — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended. The brand runs $21.66 per gram 98× more.

Price range and competition

RSS: changes for this drug
priced separately — they are not the same market

Generic products only. Every company selling this drug reports its own price. The line follows the middle of the pack; the shaded band holds the middle half of companies — the wider it is, the more they disagree.

$0$1.00$2.00$3.00Nov 2013Sep 2026021companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.2209 · middle half $0.1413$0.6071 · full range $0.1413$0.6209 · 18 products · 20 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricewhat manufacturers charge wholesalers (WAMP)companies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per gramSource: CMS NADAC
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS NADAC weekly survey + monthly archives back to 2013 (data.medicaid.gov)
  • CMS Federal Upper Limit files (weighted AMP)
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — maker roster
Method

Each month's band spans the NADAC unit prices of every NDC of this drug (min, quartiles, median, max), split into brand and generic cohorts by FDA marketing category. Maker counts come from distinct labelers with the NDC actively listed.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

What changed in the last 90 days

Every detected change for metronidazole, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • MetronidazoleAug 28, 2026
    New product
    NuCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • MetronidazoleAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $0.14048 → $0.14131 per unit (+0.59%)
  • MetronidazoleAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.27248 → $0.22092 per unit (-18.92%)
  • MetronidazoleAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.27425 → $0.26843 per unit (-2.12%)
  • metronidazoleAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $0.10025 → $0.10116 per unit (+0.91%)
  • metronidazoleAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $0.10025 → $0.10116 per unit (+0.91%)
  • metronidazoleAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $0.10025 → $0.10116 per unit (+0.91%)
  • metronidazoleAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.107 → $0.10679 per unit (-0.2%)
  • metronidazoleAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.107 → $0.10679 per unit (-0.2%)
  • metronidazoleAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.107 → $0.10679 per unit (-0.2%)

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Nitroimidazole Antimicrobial, with whether each is in shortage right now. Same class is not the same drug — substitution is a clinical decision, and this is a supply picture, not a recommendation.

Common questions

Is Metronidazole in shortage right now?
Yes. FDA currently lists Metronidazole in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
Who makes Metronidazole?
73 companies have marketed Metronidazole in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Metronidazole cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $0.1068 per unit, based on the most recent CMS NADAC survey of actual acquisition costs. That is what the pharmacy pays for the drug itself — not the cash price, and not what an insurer is billed.

All marketed products

Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.