milk of magnesia

Generic: magnesium hydroxide

Labeler: mckesson corporation dba sky packaging
NDC Directory HUMAN OTC DRUG OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG Inactive Finished

Drug Facts

Product Profile

Brand Name milk of magnesia
Generic Name magnesium hydroxide
Labeler mckesson corporation dba sky packaging
Dosage Form SUSPENSION
Routes
ORAL
Active Ingredients

magnesium hydroxide 400 mg/5mL

Manufacturer
McKesson Corporation dba SKY Packaging

Identifiers & Regulatory

Product NDC 63739-196
Product ID 63739-196_ac9c1e4b-477f-4cbd-a369-60d1080991cc
Product Type HUMAN OTC DRUG
Marketing Category OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG
Application Number M007
Marketing Start 2024-01-01
Marketing End 2026-07-31

Pharmacologic Class

Classes
calculi dissolution agent [epc] increased large intestinal motility [pe] inhibition large intestine fluid/electrolyte absorption [pe] inhibition small intestine fluid/electrolyte absorption [pe] magnesium ion exchange activity [moa] osmotic activity [moa] osmotic laxative [epc] stimulation large intestine fluid/electrolyte secretion [pe]

Normalized Code Variants

Searchable formats for this product NDC code

Digits Only 63739196
Hyphenated Format 63739-196

Supplemental Identifiers

RxCUI
253017
UNII
NBZ3QY004S

Packaging Origin

Original Packager
true

Resolved Product View

Precedence rule: structured NDC data is preferred, falling back to linked label metadata when unavailable. Source tags show the origin of each value.

Resolved Identity

Brand Name milk of magnesia (source: ndc)
Generic Name magnesium hydroxide (source: ndc)
Application Number M007 (source: ndc)
Routes
ORAL
source: ndc

Resolved Composition

Strengths
  • 400 mg/5mL
source: ndc
Packaging
  • 10 TRAY in 1 CASE (63739-196-10) / 10 CUP, UNIT-DOSE in 1 TRAY / 30 mL in 1 CUP, UNIT-DOSE (63739-196-01)
source: ndc

Packages (1)

63739-196-10 10 TRAY in 1 CASE (63739-196-10) / 10 CUP, UNIT-DOSE in 1 TRAY / 30 mL in 1 CUP, UNIT-DOSE (63739-196-01)

Ingredients (1)

magnesium hydroxide (400 mg/5mL)

Linked Drug Pages (1)

Milk of Magnesia ndc-match (0.9)

Raw FDA Data

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