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hydromorphone hydrochloride · Injection, Solution

26 marketed package NDCs · 5 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: 8 mg · Tablet, Extended Release · #100 tablet, extended releases/bottle · 16 mg · Tablet, Extended Release · #100 tablet, extended releases/bottle · 12 mg · Tablet, Extended Release · #100 tablet, extended releases/bottle · 4 mg · Tablet · #100 tablets/bottle, plastic

The short version

5 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The generic price has jumped 41% in a year, to $2.57 per mL — sharp rises like this often mean supply is already tightening. It is in shortage right now — FDA lists the reason as “other.

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$3.00Jan 2014Sep 202605companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $2.57 · middle half $2.57$2.57 · full range $2.57$2.57 · 4 products · 5 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per mLSource: 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 hydromorphone hydrochloride, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Opioid Agonist, 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 Hydromorphone hydrochloride in shortage right now?
Yes. FDA currently lists Hydromorphone hydrochloride in shortage, with the reason given as "other". This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
Who makes Hydromorphone hydrochloride?
29 companies have marketed Hydromorphone hydrochloride in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Hydromorphone hydrochloride cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $2.57 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.

Shortage reports for this molecule

  • In shortage nowDilaudid, Injection, .2 mg/1 mL (NDC 76045-121-11)Nov 1, 2017
  • In shortage nowDilaudid, Injection, 2 mg/1 mL (NDC 76045-010-11)Nov 1, 2017
  • In shortage nowHydromorphone Hydrochloride, Injection, 0.25 mg/ 0.5 mL NexJect™ Single-dose Syringe Luer Lock (no needle) (NDC 0409-1805-01)Nov 1, 2017
  • In shortage nowHydromorphone Hydrochloride, Injection, 0.5 mg/0.5 mL NexJect™ Single-dose Syringe Luer Lock (no needle) (NDC 0409-4264-01)Nov 1, 2017
  • In shortage nowHydromorphone Hydrochloride, Injection, 10 mg/1 mL (NDC 0703-0018-01)Nov 1, 2017
  • In shortage nowHydromorphone Hydrochloride, Injection, 10 mg/1 mL (NDC 0703-0110-03)Nov 1, 2017

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.