Chlorpropamide: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Chlorpropamide is a medicine sold in the U.S. under 2 brand and generic names. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Tablet
- Sold as
- 2 products — Chlorpropamide and Diabinese
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Yes
Every chlorpropamide product we track (2)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
| # | Drug | Rating | Type | Form | Generic? | Pharmacy pays | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70/100 | Prescription | Tablet | No data | — | View → | |
| 2 | 64/100 | Prescription | Tablet | No data | — | View → |
Chlorpropamide and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for chlorpropamide: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadChlorpropamide is no longer marketed in the United States. Limited data indicate that amounts of chlorpropamide in breastmilk are unlikely to affect a breastfed infant. Short-acting drugs are generally preferred while breastfeeding a neonate to avoid drug accumulation. Monitor breastfed infants for signs of hypoglycemia such as jitteriness, excessive sleepiness, poor feeding, seizures cyanosis, apnea, or hypothermia. If there is concern, monitoring of the breastfed infant's blood glucose is advisable during maternal therapy with hypoglycemic agents.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised May 15, 2026. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about chlorpropamide
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 113 reports naming chlorpropamide, and the FDA flagged 83% 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:
- hypoglycaemia10 reports
- diarrhoea8 reports
- asthenia7 reports
- nausea7 reports
- anaemia6 reports
- drug hypersensitivity6 reports
- lactic acidosis6 reports
- balance disorder5 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean chlorpropamide 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 chlorpropamide 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 chlorpropamide against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What brand names is chlorpropamide sold under?
We track 2 chlorpropamide-containing products in the U.S.: Chlorpropamide and Diabinese. They are the same active ingredient; they differ in form, manufacturer, price and FDA recall record.
What forms does chlorpropamide come in?
Across the brands we track, chlorpropamide is currently marketed as tablet, 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 chlorpropamide?
Yes. Our catalog lists 1 generic chlorpropamide product alongside the brand versions. A generic has the same active ingredient and must meet the FDA's bioequivalence standard; it usually costs less. Ask your pharmacist which one your plan covers.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Chlorpropamide: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/chlorpropamide
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- “Chlorpropamide: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/chlorpropamide.
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 chlorpropamide on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.