Prescription medicine
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a prescription medicine with an FDA approval on record since 2013. No generic is listed in FDA's NDC Directory.
- No generic listed
Check it at the source: the carbon dioxide FDA label on DailyMed (effective March 24, 2026, MITCHELL WELDING SUPPLY DBA Meritus Texas); the NDA 205764 record on Drugs@FDA; every carbon dioxide label on DailyMed.
Highlights of the record
FDA label of March 24, 2026; NDC Directory, Drugs@FDA and Orange Book, October 8, 2026
Used for
The label in openFDA carries no indications section.
Forms and strengths
- 990 g
- 50 ml
- 100 ml
- 200 ml
- 990 ml
- 991 ml
- 992 ml
- 995 ml
- 998 ml
- 1 g/g
Gas.
On the market
- Earliest approval on file
- July 5, 2013 Carbon Dioxide, Usp, Linde North America Inc; Drugs@FDA’s file, where older or withdrawn approvals can be missing
- Generic approvals
- No generic approved
- Labelers listed (NDC)
- 35 of which 0 under generic applications, 35 under brand applications, repackagers included
Supply and safety
- Pharmacy cost (NADAC)
- Not in the survey
- Shortage (FDA)
- No current entry
- Recalls by its makers (FDA)
- 2 since 2012 0 Class I among all firms' recalls; latest November 6, 2013
- FAERS reports
- 114 through July 30, 2026
Is there a generic for carbon dioxide?
No generic carbon dioxide is approved (Drugs@FDA, October 8, 2026).
- 2013 earliest approval on file
- red ticks recalls
Source: Drugs@FDA, FDA NDC Directory and the Orange Book (openFDA bulk files, October 8, 2026)
Has carbon dioxide been recalled?
The FDA's Enforcement Report lists 2 recalls naming carbon dioxide since 2012: 0 Class I (the most serious), 2 Class II, 0 Class III; 0 still ongoing. A recall names products and lots, not every product of the medicine.
| Started | Class | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2013 | Class II | Airgas Medical Services | Labeling: Not Elsewhere Classified; Due to an error in the manufacturing procedure, a cylinder in liquid withdrawal service was not marked Syphon Tube … |
| April 10, 2012 | Class II | Airgas Inc | Impurities/Degradation Products: Out Of Specification levels of nitrogen dioxide. |
Source: FDA Enforcement Report (drug recalls) via openFDA, through October 8, 2026
What do FAERS reports show for carbon dioxide?
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System holds 114 reports that list carbon dioxide among the medicines taken, through July 30, 2026, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 13 are coded as a death and 29 as a hospital stay. Counts follow how widely a medicine is used and watched, and they are not a measure of how risky it is.
The most reported reactions
Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA, reports through July 30, 2026
What next?
- Other radiographic contrast agents
- the pharmacologic class, with prices and generics
- Carbon dioxide side effects
- the label's list beside FAERS reports
- Check an interaction
- what two or more labels say about each other