Ammonium: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Ammonium 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
- Available as
- Topical
- Sold as
- Lac-Hydrin
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
- What the pharmacy pays
- about $0.07 per gm — not your price
Every ammonium 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: Lac-Hydrin.
How long ammonium keeps
No ammonium 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 ammonium expire? The in-use limits and storage rules from its labelsRelated calculators
Frequently asked questions
Can you take ammonium 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 ammonium against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does ammonium come in?
Across the brands we track, ammonium is currently marketed as topical, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic ammonium?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled ammonium 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.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Ammonium: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/ammonium
- MLA
- “Ammonium: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/ammonium.
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 ammonium on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.