Isopropyl Alcohol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands

Isopropyl Alcohol 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.

By the pharmaranks editorial teamReviewed against the FDA (openFDA label, NDC Directory & Enforcement) sourcesUpdated Jul 24, 2026How we research

Key facts

Available as: Solution
Sold as: Zuragard
Prescription?: Over the counter
Generic available?: Not in our catalog

Every isopropyl alcohol 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: Zuragard.

Combination products containing isopropyl alcohol

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.

Isopropyl Alcohol recalls

From the FDA Enforcement database. A recall covers specific lots — not the drug as a whole.

How long isopropyl alcohol keeps

No isopropyl alcohol 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 isopropyl alcohol expire? The in-use limits and storage rules from its labels

What people report to the FDA about isopropyl alcohol

The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 4,411 reports naming isopropyl alcohol, and the FDA flagged 99% 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:

glossodynia1,919 reports
hand deformity1,911 reports
joint swelling1,900 reports
impaired healing1,891 reports
helicobacter infection1,886 reports
systemic lupus erythematosus1,886 reports
rash1,884 reports
infusion related reaction1,881 reports

Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean isopropyl alcohol 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 isopropyl alcohol 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 isopropyl alcohol 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 isopropyl alcohol come in?

Across the brands we track, isopropyl alcohol is currently marketed as solution, 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 isopropyl alcohol?

We do not currently list a generic-labelled isopropyl alcohol 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 isopropyl alcohol been recalled?

The FDA's Enforcement database lists at least 5 recall records whose product description mentions isopropyl alcohol. The most recent: Gasco Isopropyl Alcohol 70% (May 29, 2026). A recall applies to specific lots, not to the drug as a whole — check the record for the affected lot numbers.

Cite this page

APA: pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Isopropyl Alcohol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/isopropyl-alcohol
MLA: “Isopropyl Alcohol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/isopropyl-alcohol.

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 isopropyl alcohol on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.