milk of magnesia

Generic: magnesium hydroxide

Labeler: cardinal health
NDC Directory HUMAN OTC DRUG OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG Inactive Finished

Drug Facts

Product Profile

Brand Name milk of magnesia
Generic Name magnesium hydroxide
Labeler cardinal health
Dosage Form SUSPENSION
Routes
ORAL
Active Ingredients

magnesium hydroxide 1200 mg/15mL

Manufacturer
CARDINAL HEALTH

Identifiers & Regulatory

Product NDC 70000-0061
Product ID 70000-0061_0993972d-ea49-33b3-e063-6294a90a3af8
Product Type HUMAN OTC DRUG
Marketing Category OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG
Application Number M007
Listing Expiration 2026-12-31
Marketing Start 2020-08-01

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 700000061
Hyphenated Format 70000-0061

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
  • 1200 mg/15mL
source: ndc
Packaging
  • 355 mL in 1 BOTTLE (70000-0061-1)
source: ndc

Packages (1)

70000-0061-1 355 mL in 1 BOTTLE (70000-0061-1)

Ingredients (1)

magnesium hydroxide (1200 mg/15mL)

Linked Drug Pages (1)

MILK OF MAGNESIA ndc-match (0.9)

Raw FDA Data

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