Potassium Chloride
NDC 72439-500
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Product Information
This product is EXCLUDED from the official NDC directory because the listing data was discontinued by the firm.
Potassium Chloride is a UNAPPROVED DRUG FOR USE IN DRUG SHORTAGE-approved product labeled by Industria Farmaceutica Galenica Senese Srl. This medication is a mineral supplement used to treat or prevent low amounts of potassium in the blood. It is supplied as a product. This product entry covers the primary NDC 72439-500 and its associated package configuration. This profile includes active and inactive ingredient UNII references and FDA labeling data.
Primary Identification
NDC Product Code:
72439-500
Proprietary Name:
Potassium Chloride
Product Type: [3]
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Labeler & Regulatory Data
Labeler Name: [5]
Labeler Code:
72439
HCPCS Code:
J3480
- INJECTION, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, PER 2 MEQ
Marketing Category: [8]
UNAPPROVED DRUG FOR USE IN DRUG SHORTAGE
Marketing Timeline
Start Marketing Date: [9]
07-13-2018
End Marketing Date: [10]
01-26-2021
Listing Expiration Date: [11]
01-26-2021
Exclude Flag: [12]
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Patient Education
Potassium Chloride Injection
Potassium chloride is used to prevent or treat low levels of potassium in the body. Potassium chloride is in a class of medications called electrolytes. It works by to provide potassium to the body to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance.
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Product & Regulatory Definitions
What is the Labeler Name? Name of Company corresponding to the labeler code segment of the Product NDC.
What is the Marketing Category? Product types are broken down into several potential Marketing Categories, such as NDA/ANDA/BLA, OTC Monograph, or Unapproved Drug. One and only one Marketing Category may be chosen for a product, not all marketing categories are available to all product types. Currently, only final marketed product categories are included. The complete list of codes and translations can be found at www.fda.gov/edrls under Structured Product Labeling Resources.
What is the Start Marketing Date? This is the date that the labeler indicates was the start of its marketing of the drug product.
What is the End Marketing Date? This is the date the product will no longer be available on the market. If a product is no longer being manufactured, in most cases, the FDA recommends firms use the expiration date of the last lot produced as the EndMarketingDate, to reflect the potential for drug product to remain available after manufacturing has ceased. Products that are the subject of ongoing manufacturing will not ordinarily have any EndMarketingDate. Products with a value in the EndMarketingDate will be removed from the NDC Directory when the EndMarketingDate is reached.
What is the Listing Expiration Date? This is the date when the listing record will expire if not updated or certified by the product labeler.
What is the NDC Exclude Flag? This field indicates whether the product has been removed/excluded from the NDC Directory for failure to respond to FDA"s requests for correction to deficient or non-compliant submissions, or because the listing certification is expired, or because the listing data was inactivated by FDA, or because it was discontinued by the labeler. Possible values in this field are: "D", "E", "I", "N", "U".
