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Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate Injection Shortage

Last Updated: May 15, 2025
Status: Current

Products Affected - Description
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Eugia US, 10 mg/mL, 1 mL preservative-free vial, 25 count, NDC 55150-0304-25
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Eugia US, 10 mg/mL, 10 mL vial, 10 count, NDC 55150-0305-10
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Eugia US, 4 mg/mL, 1 mL vial, 25 count, NDC 55150-0237-01
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Eugia US, 4 mg/mL, 30 mL vial, 25 count, NDC 55150-0239-30
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Eugia US, 4 mg/mL, 5 mL vial, 25 count, NDC 55150-0238-05
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Hikma, 4 mg/mL, 1 mL vial, 25 count, NDC 00641-6145-25
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Hikma, 4 mg/mL, 5 mL vial, 10 count, NDC 00641-6146-10
Reason for the Shortage
    • Armas has 10 mg/mL 1 mL preservative-free vials available.
    • Eugia has dexamethasone injection on shortage due to increased demand.
    • Fresenius Kabi has dexamethasone injection on shortage due to increased demand.
    • Hikma has dexamethasone injection on shortage due to increased demand.
    • Somerset Therapeutics has 10 mg/mL 1 mL and 10 mL vials available.
    • Viatris has dexamethasone injection available.
Available Products
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Armas Pharmaceuticals, 10 mg/mL, 1 mL preservative-free vial, 25 count, NDC 72485-0118-25
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Fresenius Kabi, 10 mg/mL, 1 mL prefilled syringe, 24 count, NDC 76045-0109-10
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Fresenius Kabi, 10 mg/mL, 1 mL preservative-free single dose vial, 25 count, NDC 63323-0506-01
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Fresenius Kabi, 10 mg/mL, 10 mL multiple dose vial, 10 count, NDC 63323-0516-10
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Fresenius Kabi, 4 mg/mL, 1 mL prefilled syringe, 24 count, NDC 76045-0106-10
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Fresenius Kabi, 4 mg/mL, 1 mL single dose vial, 25 count, NDC 63323-0165-01
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Fresenius Kabi, 4 mg/mL, 30 mL multiple dose vial, 1 count, NDC 63323-0165-30
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Fresenius Kabi, 4 mg/mL, 5 mL multiple dose vial, 25 count, NDC 63323-0165-05
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Hikma, 10 mg/mL, 1 mL vial, 25 count, NDC 00641-0367-25
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Mylan Institutional (Viatris), 10 mg/mL, 10 mL vial, 10 count, NDC 67457-0420-10
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Mylan Institutional (Viatris), 4 mg/mL, 1 mL vial, 25 count, NDC 67457-0423-12
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Mylan Institutional (Viatris), 4 mg/mL, 30 mL vial, 25 count, NDC 67457-0421-30
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Mylan Institutional (Viatris), 4 mg/mL, 5 mL vial, 25 count, NDC 67457-0422-54
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Somerset Therapeutics LLC, 10 mg/mL, 1 mL preservative-free vial, 25 count, NDC 70069-0021-25
    • Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection, Somerset Therapeutics LLC, 10 mg/mL, 10 mL multiple dose vial, 10 count, NDC 70069-0025-10

Estimated Resupply Dates

    • Eugia has dexamethasone sodium phosphate 4 mg/mL 1 mL, 5 mL, and 30 mL vials, 10 mg/mL 10 mL vials, and 10 mg/mL 1 mL preservative-free vials on back order and the company cannot estimate a release date.
    • Hikma has dexamethasone sodium phosphate 4 mg/mL 1 mL and 5 mL vials on back order and the company estimates a release date of late-June to early-July 2025 for the 1 mL vials and mid-May 2025 for the 5 mL vials.

Updated

Updated May 15, 2025 by Michelle Wheeler, PharmD, Drug Information Specialist. Created March 18, 2011 by Jane Chandramouli, PharmD, Drug Information Specialist. © 2025, Drug Information Service, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

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