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Oxymetazoline hydrochloride

CAS 2315-02-8

Oxymetazoline hydrochloride chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Oxymetazoline hydrochloride in plain language

What it is

Also known as AGN-199201 · Oxymetazoline hcl · Afrazine · Afrin hydrochloride · Anefrin nasal · Breaze

Show all 15 names

Nostrilla · Ocuclear · Rhofade · Sch 9384 · Sinufrin · Upneeq · Visine l.r. · Vicks Sinex · Kovanaze component oxymetazoline hydrochloride

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Oxymetazoline hydrochloride yet.

Recorded functional uses: Pharmaceutical

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Oxymetazoline hydrochloride appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Pharma
  • Food
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pharmaceutical.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pharmaceutical.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 199 active drug products and 207 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 199 active drug products and 207 total products.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Oxymetazoline hydrochloride. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • JECFA

    Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

    No JECFA evaluation on file.

  • EFSA

    European Food Safety Authority

    No EFSA opinion on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Oxymetazoline hydrochloride yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2020-01-27

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2028-02-28

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Reference links (4)
Openfda substance

dailymed.nlm.nih.gov

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Openfda substance

dailymed.nlm.nih.gov

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Openfda substance

adisinsight.springer.com

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Openfda substance

accessdata.fda.gov

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Food use

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often FDA National Drug Code directory has listed Oxymetazoline hydrochloride in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

207

Typical roles

Pharmaceutical
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