Acanya

Generic name: clindamycin and benzoyl peroxide

Used for: Acne

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic clindamycin and benzoyl peroxide

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic clindamycin and benzoyl peroxide.Find pharmacies near you 
  2. Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Acanya, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameAcanya
Authorized genericclindamycin and benzoyl peroxide
Regular genericclindamycin and benzoyl peroxide
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Acanya
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Acanya?
The original
Same medicine
Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Acanya’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Acanya’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

The same medicine as Acanya, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

clindamycin and benzoyl peroxide

Sold by
  • Oceanside PharmaceuticalsPart of Bausch Health, the company behind Acanya
NDC to ask for
  • 1.2% / 2.5%gel
    • 68682-132-5011-digit: 68682-0132-5050 g per pump bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Acanya, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Oceanside Pharmaceuticals (NDC 68682-132-50), and for a regular generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

Brand and authorized generic labels

Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).

Same active and inactive ingredients as Acanya.

BrandAcanya
Authorized genericOceanside Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: clindamycin phosphate 1% · benzoyl peroxide 2.5%

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Carbomer homopolymer type C
  • Potassium hydroxide
  • Propylene glycol
  • Water

Regular genericWho makes it

3 companies sell a generic of Acanya that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

  • Encube Ethicals1% / 2.5%
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    1% / 2.5%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 50 g21922-074-40

    Inactive ingredients: poloxamer 182, propylene glycol, polysorbate 80, carbomer homopolymer type c (allyl pentaerythritol crosslinked), sodium hydroxide, water

    FDA label

  • Padagis2.5% / 1%

    Product page on padagis.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    2.5% / 1% White-to-off-white

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 50 g45802-597-01

    Inactive ingredients: water, carbomer homopolymer type c (allyl pentaerythritol crosslinked), propylene glycol, potassium hydroxide

    FDA label

  • Sun Pharmaceutical Industries1% / 2.5%
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    1% / 2.5% White to off-white

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 50 g51672-1367-3

    Inactive ingredients: carbomer homopolymer type c (allyl pentaerythritol crosslinked), poloxamer 124, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, water

    FDA label

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

ACANYA Gel is a combination of clindamycin phosphate (a lincosamide antibacterial) and benzoyl peroxide indicated for the topical treatment of acne vulgaris in patients 12 years or older.

Source: the FDA label for Acanya (Bausch Health US, LLC), September 30, 2020. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/acanya/