Acetic Acid: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Acetic Acid is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Sold as
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
- What the pharmacy pays
- about $1 per ml — not your price
Every acetic acid product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Apple Cider Vinegar.
Combination products containing acetic acid
A combination is a different drug — different dosing, different warnings. It is listed here so you can find it, not so you can substitute it.
Acetic Acid recalls
From the FDA Enforcement database. A recall covers specific lots — not the drug as a whole.
How long acetic acid keeps
No acetic acid label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
Does acetic acid expire? The in-use limits and storage rules from its labelsWhat people report to the FDA about acetic acid
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 704 reports naming acetic acid, and the FDA flagged 82% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- dyspnoea109 reports
- cough106 reports
- nausea99 reports
- coronary artery disease98 reports
- nasopharyngitis97 reports
- atrial fibrillation96 reports
- dysphonia96 reports
- obstructive airways disorder94 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean acetic acid caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take acetic acid with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run acetic acid against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
Is there a generic acetic acid?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled acetic acid product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Has acetic acid been recalled?
The FDA's Enforcement database lists 1 recall record whose product description mentions acetic acid. The most recent: Hydrocortisone 1% & Acetic Acid 2% Otic Solution (Aug 7, 2024). A recall applies to specific lots, not to the drug as a whole — check the record for the affected lot numbers.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Acetic Acid: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/acetic-acid
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- “Acetic Acid: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/acetic-acid.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for acetic acid on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.