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DOPAMINE HCL 3.2MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP 3.2 MG

Last verified 2026-09-10 · Source: Health Canada Drug Product Database (DPD), DIN 00761834

DOPAMINE HCL 3.2MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP 3.2 MG — DIN 00761834

DOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE : 3.2 MG DEXTROSE : 50 MG · BAXTER CORPORATION · SOLUTION · wholesale supply in Canada

Health Canada status: MARKETED

What is DOPAMINE HCL 3.2MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP?

DOPAMINE HCL 3.2MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP 3.2 MG contains DOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE : 3.2 MG DEXTROSE : 50 MG. It is listed in the Health Canada Drug Product Database under DIN 00761834, held by BAXTER CORPORATION, supplied as SOLUTION for INTRAVENOUS administration. Health Canada currently lists it as marketed, status dated 31-Dec-1990. Nexara Health is a licensed Canadian wholesale distributor (DEL 3-002896-A) and can source this product for hospitals, pharmacies and clinics. Availability and lead time are confirmed per order.

What is DOPAMINE HCL 3.2MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP used for?

Correction of hemodynamic imbalances in shock syndrome due to MI, trauma, endotoxic septicemia, open heart surgery, renal failure, and chronic cardiac decompensation.

Authorized indication as written in the Health Canada product monograph. For healthcare professionals and licensed purchasers; this is not medical advice.

How much does Dopamine cost around the world?

Dopamine is listed on 5 of the national price registers Nexara ingests. Each country publishes on a different basis, so those figures are not comparable with one another — or with a Canadian wholesale price.

What a market publishes matters more than the number it publishes. Greece publishes a producer price (ex-factory); Morocco publishes a PPV (public price); South Africa publishes a single exit price. Comparing an ex-factory ceiling against a pharmacy public price tells you nothing about either, and comparing either against a Canadian landed cost tells you less.

MarketPrice basis published thereBrandsPacks listedRange
United Kingdomhospital22GBP███.██
Greeceproducer price (ex-factory)22EUR███.██
MoroccoPPV (public price)12MAD███.██
South Africasingle exit price22ZAR███.██
United Arab Emiratespublic11AED███.██

9 pack listings across 8 brand entries and 5 price bases, refreshed 05 Sep 2026. Ranges span every Dopamine pack in that market, so a high figure is usually a larger pack rather than the same product.

Figures are held for the Nexara team. Cross-market prices are published on incompatible bases and are not an offer, a landed cost, or a guide to what any buyer can obtain. Nexara publishes which markets list the product and on what basis; the numbers stay internal.

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Is there a generic Dopamine in Canada, and who makes it?

Every market authorization holder with a Canadian DIN for this molecule, and how many of their listings Health Canada currently shows as marketed.

4 holders have a Canadian DIN containing Dopamine, across 8 DINs, of which 3 are currently marketed. Marketed count is the number that matters: an approval that is not marketed cannot be bought.

Market authorization holderDINsMarketedBrand namesPosition
BAXTER CORPORATION33DOPAMINE HCL 0.8MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP, DOPAMINE HCL 1.6MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP, DOPAMINE HCL 3.2MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USPSourceable in Canada
HOSPIRA HEALTHCARE ULC30DOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND 5% DEXTROSE INJECTION USPNo marketed DIN
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CANADA10INTROPIN INJECTION 40MG/MLNo marketed DIN
INTERNATIONAL MEDICATION SYSTEMS LTD.10DOPAMINE HCL INJ 4%No marketed DIN

Health Canada’s Drug Product Database does not flag which listing is the originator and which are subsequent-entry products, so Nexara does not label them here. Interchangeability is determined provincially, not federally — confirm for your province before a formulary switch. Nexara can confirm which of these is actually obtainable, and on what lead time, per order.

How is it supplied and stored?

Pack configuration, storage class and the handling constraints that drive cold-chain planning. One DIN can cover more than one pack size, and the pack — not the DIN — is what gets priced, shipped and invoiced.

Strength on the label3.2 MG
Dosage formSOLUTION
RouteINTRAVENOUS
Pack configuration (monograph)VIAFLEX plastic containers in 250 mL and 500 mL volumes.
StorageStore at 15-25°C; brief exposure up to 40°C permitted. Avoid excessive heat. Protect from light and freezing.

Before an order line is unambiguous Nexara needs the strength, the pack size and the presentation.

Substance and classification

Active substanceDopamine
ATC codeC01CA04
AHFS class12:12.08.08
Biosimilar biologicNo

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Health Canada record and identifiers

The regulatory facts straight from the Drug Product Database, plus every identifier form Nexara accepts on a purchase order. A DIN written without its leading zeros is the commonest reason an order line fails to match.

DIN (8-digit, as used in ordering)00761834
DIN (unpadded, as printed on some documents)761834
Brand nameDOPAMINE HCL 3.2MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP
Generic / active ingredientDOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE : 3.2 MG DEXTROSE : 50 MG
Market authorization holderBAXTER CORPORATION
Health Canada schedulePrescription
ATC codeC01CA04
ATC anatomical main groupC — Cardiovascular system
ATC therapeutic subgroupC01CA
Current statusMARKETED
Status date31-Dec-1990
Original market date1990-12-31 00:00:00
Status sourceLive Health Canada DPD sync

Verify on the primary sources

Health Canada DPD record Approved product monograph (PDF)

How is it administered?

Individual titration. Start at 2-5 mcg/kg/min, increasing to 20-50 mcg/kg/min in seriously ill patients. Administer via large vein to avoid extravasation. Do not bolus.

Included because it drives pack selection and wastage. Consult the monograph.

Contraindications

Pheochromocytoma; uncorrected tachyarrhythmias or ventricular fibrillation. Known allergy to corn or corn products (due to dextrose).

Warnings and precautions

Risk of tissue necrosis/sloughing with extravasation (antidote: phentolamine). Monitor for peripheral ischemia, gangrene, and sulfite sensitivity (contains sodium bisulfite). Avoid hypovolemia.

What can be used instead?

Alternatives on every axis a buyer actually considers — the same molecule in another presentation, the same class, an adjacent class, or a fixed-dose combination. Every row is led by the marketed DIN count, because that is what can be bought this week.

1 · Same molecule, other Canadian presentations

3 of 8 Canadian DINs for this molecule are currently marketed. Marketed products are listed first.

ProductStrengthFormHolderHealth Canada statusDIN
DOPAMINE HCL 0.8MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP50 MGSOLUTIONBAXTER CORPORATIONMARKETED00761850
DOPAMINE HCL 1.6MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP1.6 MGSOLUTIONBAXTER CORPORATIONMARKETED00761826
DOPAMINE HCL INJ 4%40 MGLIQUIDINTERNATIONAL MEDICATION SYSTEMS LTD.CANCELLED POST MARKET00423823
DOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND 5% DEXTROSE INJECTION USP50 MGSOLUTIONHOSPIRA HEALTHCARE ULCCANCELLED POST MARKET00619701
DOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND 5% DEXTROSE INJECTION USP50 MGSOLUTIONHOSPIRA HEALTHCARE ULCCANCELLED POST MARKET00619698
DOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND 5% DEXTROSE INJECTION USP50 MGSOLUTIONHOSPIRA HEALTHCARE ULCCANCELLED POST MARKET00782394
INTROPIN INJECTION 40MG/ML40 MGSOLUTIONBRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CANADACANCELLED POST MARKET01914014

2 · Same class — other molecules in ATC C01CA

MoleculeCanadian brandsDINsMarketedSourceable
MidodrineAMATINE · APO-MIDODRINE · JAMP MIDODRINE · M-MIDODRINE · +2 more1210Yes
EpinephrineADRENACLICK 0.15MG AUTO-INJECTOR · ADRENACLICK 0.30MG AUTO-INJECTOR · ADRENALIN · ALLERJECT · +17 more297Yes
PhenylephrineNEO-SYNEPHRINE · NEO-SYNEPHRINE INJ LIQ 10MG/ML · NEO-SYNEPHRINE LIQ 1% · PHENYLEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE INJECTION · +4 more155Yes
NorepinephrineLEVOPHED · LEVOPHED LIQ IV 1.0MG/ML · NOREPINEPHRINE BITARTRATE IN 5% DEXTROSE INJECTION · NOREPINEPHRINE BITARTRATE INJECTION · +2 more105Yes
DopamineDOPAMINE HCL 0.8MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP · DOPAMINE HCL 1.6MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP · DOPAMINE HCL 3.2MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP · DOPAMINE HCL INJ 4% · +2 more83Yes
IsoprenalineISOPROTERENOL HCL INJ 1:5000 · ISOPROTERENOL HYDROCHLORIDE INJECTION USP · ISUPREL INJ 0.2MG/ML · ISUPREL LIQ 0.2MG/ML73Yes
DobutamineDOBUTAMINE 12.5MG/ML · DOBUTAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE INJECTION-12.5MG/ML · DOBUTAMINE INJECTION SDZ · DOBUTAMINE INJECTION USP · +1 more92Yes
EphedrineEPHEDRINE SULFATE INJECTION USP · EPHEDRINE SULFATE INJECTION USP, 50MG/ML · EPHEDRINE SULFATE INJECTION, USP · EPHEDRINE SULPHATE INJECTION, USP61Yes
Epinephrine, CombinationsANA-KIT · ANA-KIT (2MG/TAB ORL, 1MG/ML LIQ SC IM) · ANAKIT INSECT STING TREATMENT KIT30Not in Canada
MephentermineWYAMINE SULFATE INJECTION LIQ 30MG/ML10Not in Canada

A molecule with zero marketed DINs cannot be sourced domestically, however many approvals it holds — if one of these sits on a formulary or in an older protocol, that is the line to check.

3 · Adjacent classes in ATC C01C

ATC subgroupMoleculesDINsMarketed
C01CEAmrinone · Milrinone122

Not clinical advice. These tables describe what can be supplied in Canada, not what should be prescribed. Substitution within or across classes is a prescriber and pharmacist decision, and interchangeability is determined provincially.

What else is DOPAMINE HCL 3.2MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP called?

The same molecule, Dopamine, is registered under other names elsewhere. Buyers and prescribers searching from outside Canada — or working from a foreign prescription or tender document — often know it by one of these:

NameScriptRegistered in
DOPAMINE PIERRE FABRELatinMorocco
Micro-DopamineLatinSouth Africa

Names are taken from national medicine registers and published price lists. A product registered abroad is not authorized for sale in Canada unless it holds its own DIN; import is possible only through the routes Health Canada permits.

How can I get it?

Nexara Health supplies this product to licensed Canadian buyers — pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, licensed distributors, and clinical trial sponsors or their CROs. We confirm stock, pack size, expiry and pricing at the time of quotation. If the product is on backorder or in shortage, we identify equivalent alternatives and import options where permitted.

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Ordering questions

Who can buy this from Nexara?

Licensed entities only. Nexara holds Health Canada establishment licence DEL 3-002896-A and ships only to a licensed address. Patients and unlicensed buyers are routed to a partner pharmacy.

Is there a minimum order?

Yes, set per product line and per pack multiple rather than on the order total, so you are never asked to buy a part-pack. The minimum for this line is confirmed with your quote.

What is the lead time?

Confirmed per order at quotation, and it depends on current stock position and whether the product is in shortage.

Why is there no price on this page?

Nexara quotes a delivered Canadian price per order, against a verified licence. Foreign list prices are published on incompatible bases and are not a guide to what any buyer can obtain here, so this page shows which markets list the molecule and on what basis, and nothing more.

Can Nexara supply this for a clinical trial?

Yes — comparator and background-therapy supply, including sourcing from other markets where a Canadian pack will not satisfy the protocol. Clinical trial supply.

Sources and disclaimer

Product data sourced from the Health Canada Drug Product Database and the approved product monograph (PDF). Health Canada status reconciled against the live DPD sync. Last reviewed 10 Sep 2026.

Nothing on this page is medical advice. Nexara Health is a licensed wholesale distributor and supplies licensed entities only; consumer orders are routed to a partner pharmacy. Alternatives tables describe supply, not clinical equivalence.

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