Potassium bromide

Drug ingredient

CAS 7758-02-3

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

BrK119.0 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$23M

Top sourceIsrael 65%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282751 · exact

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

IL 65%IsraelCN 25%ChinaIN 6%IndiaIT 3%Italy

Canada
Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Spain

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Icl Specialty Products North America

EPA-registered importers (6)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Basf Se · DE Germany

Ravago S A · LU Luxembourg

Basf

Blue Tree Holdings

Lanxess

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Wego Chemical Group

29 FDA-registered drug labelers

Apex Energetics Inc

AX Pharmaceutical Corp

Be Well Medical dba Richard Clement Nutrition y Be Well Homeopathics

Bestmade Natural Products

Bills Biotech Pvt. Ltd.

BioLyte Laboratories, LLC

BioSpectra

BM Private Limited

Boiron

Deseret Biologicals, Inc

DNA Labs, Inc.

Eight and Company L.L.C

Energique, Inc.

GMP Laboratories of America, Inc.

Guna spa

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Homeolab International (Canada) inc

King Bio Inc.

Laboratorium Ofichem BV

Liddell Laboratories, Inc.

Medisca Inc.

NET Remedies

Newton Laboratories, Inc

OHM PHARMA INC.

PLYMOUTH HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS LLC

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Rxhomeo Private Limited d.b.a. Rxhomeo, Inc

SCH Global Services Private Limited

Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthPlastics & RubberMetals & MiningTextiles

Downstream Uses

Appears in 57 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Emotional Detox and Drainage
•Cough plus Bronchial
•Distress-Mood-Sadness
•Acne - Cystic Acne
•D-53
•D14
•Eczema
•Brain Enhancement Liquescence 3006

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•Eczema Relief
•Real Relief
•Bestmade Natural Products BM38
•Bestmade Natural Products Restful Legs Support
•Bestmade Natural Products BM68 Pellets
•Kali Bromatum
•Blues - Mood - Emotions
•Acne Tonic
•Valeriana Combination 9249
•Bestmade Natural Products Potassium Bromide (Kali Brom)
•Bestmade Natural Products BM84
•Bestmade Natural Products BM87
•ACNE Relief
•Bestmade Natural Products BM118
•Bestmade Natural Products BM247
•BM Potassium bromide (Kali Brom)
•Cognition HP
•Mood Swings
•Neorelief FOR Muscle Crampling AND Restlessness
•ACNE
•Psorizide Forte
•Spectric
•I-Sleep
•Good Mood Enhancer
•Eczemol
•Bestmade Natural Products BM68
•Bestmade Natural Products Pimples Cure Cream
•Trace Mineral Cord
•Rosacea
•Psoriasis
•Acunol
•Yin-Yang Balance
•Fire
•Joette Calabrese Survivalist Kit
•Stress Drops
•Bestmade Natural Products BM92
•Male Stimulant
•Psorizide Ultra
•Sepia Combination 9246
•F15 MND-MMRY
•BM Pimples Cure
•SleepCalm Kids
•Day and Night Vitals
•Acne Drops 2001
•Bestmade Natural Products BM137
•KALI BROM
•GUNA Sleep Support
•SleepCalm
•M12 Brain

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Heat stabilizer in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
•Process regulators in Other (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS7758-02-3

PubChem CID253877

DTXSIDDTXSID5025946

FormulaBrK

Mol. Weight119 g/mol

SMILES[K+].[Br-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5025946Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 253877Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Potassium bromide (CAS 7758-02-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7758-02-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5025946. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5025946 PubChem: 253877. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/253877 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7758-02-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7758-02-3. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282751 for CAS 7758-02-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/