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atropine sulfate

139 marketed package NDCs · 28 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: 10 mg/mL · Solution/ Drops · #1 bottle/carton / 5 ml in 1 bottle · 10 mg/mL · Solution/ Drops · #1 bottle/carton / 2 ml in 1 bottle · 10 mg/mL · Solution/ Drops · #1 bottle/carton / 15 ml in 1 bottle · 10 mg/mL · Solution/ Drops · #1 bottle, dropper/carton / 5 ml in 1 bottle, dropper

The short version

28 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The generic price is down 17% over the past year, to $5.54 per mL. The brand runs $15.80 per mL 2.9× more. It is in shortage right now — FDA lists the reason as “discontinuation of the manufacture of the drug.

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$10.00$20.00Mar 2022Sep 2026040companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $5.54 · middle half $3.92$12.88 · full range $3.92$12.88 · 17 products · 40 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 atropine sulfate, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • Atropine SulfateAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $5.57476 → $5.53985 per unit (-0.63%)
  • Atropine SulfateAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $12.9955 → $12.87789 per unit (-0.91%)
  • Atropine SulfateAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $3.85142 → $3.91597 per unit (+1.68%)
  • Atropine SulfateAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $5.57476 → $5.53985 per unit (-0.63%)
  • Atropine SulfateAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $12.9955 → $12.87789 per unit (-0.91%)
  • Atropine sulfateAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $3.85142 → $3.91597 per unit (+1.68%)
  • Atropine sulfateAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $5.57476 → $5.53985 per unit (-0.63%)
  • Atropine sulfateAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $12.9955 → $12.87789 per unit (-0.91%)
  • AtropineAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $3.85142 → $3.91597 per unit (+1.68%)
  • AtropineAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $5.57476 → $5.53985 per unit (-0.63%)

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Cholinergic Muscarinic Antagonist, 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 Atropine sulfate in shortage right now?
Yes. FDA currently lists Atropine sulfate in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
Who makes Atropine sulfate?
40 companies have marketed Atropine sulfate in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Atropine sulfate cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $5.54 per mL, 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 nowAtropine Sulfate, Injection, 0.4 mg/1 mL (NDC 0641-6251-10)Dec 20, 2023
  • In shortage nowAtropine Sulfate, Injection, .05 mg/1 mL (NDC 16729-483-03)Jan 1, 2020
  • In shortage nowAtropine Sulfate, Injection, .1 mg/1 mL (NDC 16729-484-90)Jan 1, 2020
  • In shortage nowAtropine Sulfate, Injection, .1 mg/1 mL (NDC 76329-3340-1)Jan 1, 2020
  • In shortage nowAtropine Sulfate, Injection, 0.1 mg/1 mL (NDC 16729-484-45)Jan 1, 2020

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.