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These highlights do not include all the information needed to use ELCYS® safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for ELCYS®.ELCYS® (cysteine hydrochloride injection), for intravenous useInitial U.S. Approval: 1971
Medication labelWhy this: Advisory · dailymed-prescription
ELCYS® is indicated for use as an additive to amino acid solutions to meet the nutritional requirements of newborn infants requiring total parenteral nutrition (TPN); and of adult and pediatric patients with severe liver disease who may have impaired enzymatic processes and require TPN. It can also be added to amino acid solutions to provide a more complete profile of amino acids for protein synthesis.
- generic_name
- cysteine hydrochloride
- product_names
- Cysteine Hydrochloride
- ndc
- 51754-1008, 51754-1008-1
- group
- drugs
- license
- us-gov-pd
- attribution
- Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine
- reviewed
- 2026-09-18
- language
- en