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Shortage outlook · all drugs · read October 2026

How long has Meperidine Hydrochloride been on the FDA shortage list?

Meperidine Hydrochloride has been on the FDA shortage list for 1 year and 2 months. 262 of the 397 listings measured since 2014 lasted at least that long. Of the 262 past listings that reached the same age, 79% were still listed 6 months later (207 listings measured), 61% were still listed 12 months later (159 listings measured) and 44% were still listed 24 months later (102 listings measured). These are counts of listings, not a forecast.

Compiled by Vincent Wesley Couey (ORCID 0009-0005-6869-308X). FDA list read October 2026.

Not medical advice. A listing is what the FDA published, not a measure of what your pharmacy can supply. Do not use this page to decide whether to start, stop or change a medicine. Ask your pharmacist or prescriber, and see FDA drug shortage information for current notices.
Meperidine Hydrochlorideon the FDA shortage list now
14months listed

Meperidine Hydrochloride has been on the FDA shortage list for 1 year and 2 months (September 2025 to October 2026).

  1. 262 of the 397 listings measured since 2014 lasted at least that long.
  2. Of the 262 past listings that reached the same age, 79% were still listed 6 months later (207 listings measured), 61% were still listed 12 months later (159 listings measured) and 44% were still listed 24 months later (102 listings measured).
  3. None of this predicts an end date. A listing ends when the FDA removes it, which reflects supply across the whole country, and says nothing about one pharmacy's shelf.

The listing history, to scale

  1. Meperidine Hydrochloride InjectionListed since September 2025 · 1 year and 2 months

What past listings of this age did

Of past listings that had already run 1 year and 2 months, how many were still listed later?

After 6 more months79%207 listings measured
After 12 more months61%159 listings measured
After 24 more months44%102 listings measured

What the FDA list says about it today

6presentations listed
2companies
30 May 2025first posted

None of the 6 presentations states a reason. FDA category: Analgesia/Addiction.

Company by company

Of 6 presentations, the companies reported 6 available, 0 with limited availability and 0 unavailable. This is each company's own report to the FDA, with the date of its last update.

FDA shortage list read October 2026 (monthly archived copies since 2014, rebuilt in the published dataset; current listing file read 11 November 2026). Listing is the FDA's status, not a statement about any pharmacy.

Where can you go from this result?

This result is one of 61 drugs on the list now. Open it in the lookup to search another drug, or read how the listings were measured.

To check what is available now, ask your pharmacist, and see FDA drug shortage information and the FDA drug shortages database.