The short version
Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The 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.
Market view
metronidazole topical · Gel
1 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer
Most dispensed: METRONIDAZOLE 7.5 mg/g · Gel · #1 tube/carton / 45 g in 1 tube
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugEvery 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.
Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.2209 · middle half $0.2209–$0.2209 · full range $0.2209–$0.2209 · 1 products · 1 companies
ⓘ 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 topical, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- MetronidazoleAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.27248 → $0.22092 per unit (-18.92%)
- MetronidazoleJul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $0.3223 → $0.27248 per unit (-15.46%)
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.
- metronidazole· in shortage
- bismuth subcitrate potassium, metronidazole, and tetracycline hydrochloride· 1 maker
- bismuth subcitrate potassium, metronidazole, tetracycline hydrochloride· 1 maker
- firming antibacterial· 1 maker
- metronidazole vaginal gel, 1.3 %· 1 maker
- bismuth subcitrate potassium, metronidazole and tetracycline hydrochloride· 2 makers
- fexinidazole· 2 makers
- metronidazole oral· 2 makers
- mouthwash· 2 makers
- secnidazole· 7 makers
- tinidazole· 9 makers
Common questions
- Is Metronidazole topical in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Metronidazole topical in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database, so a new posting appears here the day it is published.
- Who makes Metronidazole topical?
- 1 company has marketed Metronidazole topical in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. That is a thin market — if one stops making it, supply is at risk quickly. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Metronidazole topical cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.2209 per gram, 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.