Active Ingredient Acetylcysteine

Active Ingredient Details

What is Acetylcysteine?

The N-acetyl derivative of CYSTEINE. It is used as a mucolytic agent to reduce the viscosity of mucous secretions. It has also been shown to have antiviral effects in patients with HIV due to inhibition of viral stimulation by reactive oxygen intermediates.

What is the usage for Acetylcysteine?

When inhaled by mouth, acetylcysteine is used to help thin and loosen mucus in the airways due to certain lung diseases (such as emphysema, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, pneumonia). This effect helps you to clear the mucus from your lungs so that you can breathe easier. When taken by mouth, acetylcysteine is used to prevent liver damage from acetaminophen overdose.

How many products in the NDC database contain Acetylcysteine?

The NDC database has 65 products with the active ingredient Acetylcysteine. The following table lists all the products that have this active ingredient.

NDC Products with Acetylcysteine

NDC	Proprietary Name	Non-Proprietary Name	Dosage Form	Route Name	Company Name	Status
0409-3307	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Hospira, Inc.	ACTIVE
0409-3308	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Hospira, Inc.	ACTIVE
0517-7504	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Inhalant	Respiratory (inhalation)	American Regent, Inc.	ACTIVE
0517-7510	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Inhalant	Respiratory (inhalation)	American Regent, Inc.	ACTIVE
0517-7604	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Inhalant	Respiratory (inhalation)	American Regent, Inc.	ACTIVE
0517-7610	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Inhalant	Respiratory (inhalation)	American Regent, Inc.	ACTIVE
0574-0805	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection	Intravenous	Padagis Us Llc	ACTIVE
12598-7027	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7027	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7027	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7027	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7294	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7302	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7308	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7308	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7308	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7308	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7311	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7311	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7311	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7311	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7323	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
12598-7327	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Pharmazell Gmbh	ACTIVE
14445-412	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection	Intravenous	Indoco Remedies Limited	ACTIVE
17089-067	Proprietary Name: Anti Age Stress	Acetylcysteine - Ballota Foetida - Epinephrine - Glutathione - Interferon Gamma-...	Pellet	Oral	Guna Spa	ACTIVE
25021-812	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Sagent Pharmaceuticals	ACTIVE
25021-812	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Sagent Pharmaceuticals	ACTIVE
25021-812	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Sagent Pharmaceuticals	ACTIVE
25021-812	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Sagent Pharmaceuticals	ACTIVE
42494-435	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Respiratory (inhalation)	Cameron Pharmaceuticals	ACTIVE
42494-436	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Respiratory (inhalation)	Cameron Pharmaceuticals	ACTIVE
51927-1601	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Professional Compounding Centers Of America Dba Pcca	ACTIVE
52133-0002	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		F.i.s. Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici S.p.a.	ACTIVE
52222-0002	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Fujian South Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	ACTIVE
52932-0704	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Moehs Catalana Sl	ACTIVE
52951-001	Proprietary Name:	Acetylcysteine	Powder		Nippon Rika Co., Ltd.	ACTIVE
55150-259	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Eugia Us Llc	ACTIVE
55154-5730	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Inhalant	Respiratory (inhalation)	Cardinal Health 107, Llc	ACTIVE
55154-5731	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Inhalant	Respiratory (inhalation)	Cardinal Health 107, Llc	ACTIVE
59088-795	Proprietary Name: Folcyteine	Multivitamin	Tablet	Oral	Puretek Corporation	ACTIVE
59088-795	Proprietary Name: Dermalogica Oil Control				Puretek Corporation
63323-690	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-690	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-690	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-690	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-691	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-692	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-693	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-694	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-694	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-694	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-694	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-695	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Oral; Respiratory (inhalation)	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-963	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-963	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-963	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
63323-963	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Fresenius Kabi Usa, Llc	ACTIVE
66220-207	Proprietary Name: Acetadote	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc.	ACTIVE
68462-946	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., Usa	ACTIVE
70069-018	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Respiratory (inhalation)	Somerset Therapeutics, Llc	ACTIVE
70069-019	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Respiratory (inhalation)	Somerset Therapeutics, Llc	ACTIVE
70069-020	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Solution	Respiratory (inhalation)	Somerset Therapeutics, Llc	ACTIVE
70069-788	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Somerset Therapeutics, Llc	ACTIVE
70594-111	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Xellia Pharmaceuticals Usa Llc	ACTIVE
83270-001	Proprietary Name: Acetylcysteine	Acetylcysteine	Injection, Solution	Intravenous	Onesource Specialty Pharma Limited	ACTIVE