Prescription medicine
Glycopyrrolate and neostigmine methylsulfate Brand names: Prevduo
Glycopyrrolate and neostigmine methylsulfate (Prevduo) is a prescription medicine with an FDA approval on record since 2023. No generic is listed in FDA's NDC Directory.
- No generic listed
Check it at the source: the glycopyrrolate and neostigmine methylsulfate FDA label on DailyMed (effective April 10, 2024, Endo USA); the NDA 216903 record on Drugs@FDA; every glycopyrrolate and neostigmine methylsulfate label on DailyMed.
Highlights of the record
FDA label of April 10, 2024; NDC Directory, Drugs@FDA and Orange Book, October 8, 2026
Used for
From the label: indications and usagePREVDUO ® , a fixed dose combination of cholinesterase inhibitor and antimuscarinic agent, is indicated in patients age two years and above for the reversal of the effects of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) after surgery, while decreasing the peripheral muscarinic effects (e.g., bradycardia and excessive secretions) associated with cholinesterase inhibition following NMBA reversal administration.
Forms and strengths
- 1 mg/ml / 0.2 mg/ml
Injection.
On the market
- Earliest approval on file
- February 23, 2023 Prevduo, Azurity; Drugs@FDA’s file, where older or withdrawn approvals can be missing
- Generic approvals
- No generic approved
- Labelers listed (NDC)
- 1 of which 0 under generic applications, 1 under brand applications, repackagers included
- Last listed patent
- October 25, 2038 Prevduo injection; not a generic launch date
Supply and safety
- Pharmacy cost (NADAC)
- Not in the survey
- Shortage (FDA)
- No current entry
- Recalls by its makers (FDA)
- No recall recorded
What is glycopyrrolate and neostigmine methylsulfate used for?
From the label: indications and usagePREVDUO ® , a fixed dose combination of cholinesterase inhibitor and antimuscarinic agent, is indicated in patients age two years and above for the reversal of the effects of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) after surgery, while decreasing the peripheral muscarinic effects (e.g., bradycardia and excessive secretions) associated with cholinesterase inhibition following NMBA reversal administration. […]
FDA pharmacologic class: Anticholinergic, Cholinergic Muscarinic Antagonist and Cholinesterase Inhibitor.
Source: FDA drug label (PREVDUO), NDA216903 (Azurity), as published by Endo USA, effective April 10, 2024 (SPL set dd8ad38f-247b-4948-a13c-8f3a4921b4f1), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed
Is there a generic for glycopyrrolate and neostigmine methylsulfate (Prevduo)?
No generic glycopyrrolate and neostigmine methylsulfate is approved (Drugs@FDA, October 8, 2026).
The Orange Book lists 5 patents for Prevduo injection, the last expiring on October 25, 2038. A patent or exclusivity date is not the date a generic goes on sale: court cases and settlements move it either way.
- 2023 earliest approval on file
- 2038 last listed patent
Source: Drugs@FDA, FDA NDC Directory and the Orange Book (openFDA bulk files, October 8, 2026)
What next?
- Other anticholinergics
- the pharmacologic class, with prices and generics
- Check an interaction
- what two or more labels say about each other