Acticlate CAP vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Authorized generic

Acticlate CAP itself, without the brand name. It usually costs less than Acticlate CAP.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of Acticlate CAP’s authorized generic. Its NDC is on this page; the pharmacy may need to order it.See its NDC
Ask for Acticlate CAP’s cash price too, and pick the lower one.

Sold only in a different form, strength or formula. Switching to one would need a new prescription, so ask your prescriber whether it could work for you.

Compare every option

Brand nameActiclate CAP

Authorized genericdoxycycline hyclate

Regular genericdoxycycline hyclate

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Acticlate CAP

Other forms onlyAsk your doctor

Same as Acticlate CAP?

The original

Same medicine

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Brand nameNo maker’s card

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

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

doxycycline hyclate

Sold by

Chartwell RXThe company behind Acticlate CAP

NDC to ask for

75 mgcapsule
- 62135-975-2011-digit: 62135-0975-2020 capsules per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Acticlate CAP, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Chartwell RX (NDC 62135-975-20)?”

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 ingredient. A few inactive ingredients are listed differently (below). Ask your pharmacist if that matters for you, for example with an allergy.

Acticlate CAP package label — BrandActiclate CAP

Authorized generic package label from Chartwell RX — Authorized genericChartwell RX

See the ingredients

Active: doxycycline hyclate 75 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

FD&C Blue No. 1
Magnesium stearate
Microcrystalline cellulose
Titanium dioxide

Only on Acticlate CAP’s label: FD&C Red No. 40

Only on the authorized generic’s label: Alcohol, D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Red No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40 aluminum lake, Ferrosoferric oxide, Gelatin, Shellac

Regular genericNot sold

Sold only in a different form, strength or formula. Switching to one would need a new prescription, so ask your prescriber whether it could work for you. Generics usually come once the brand’s patents and exclusivity end. Until then, the authorized generic is the lower-cost way to get Acticlate CAP.

See the authorized generic →

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

ACTICLATE® and ACTICLATE® CAP are tetracycline class drugs indicated for:

Rickettsial infections
Sexually transmitted infections
Respiratory tract infections
Specific bacterial infections
Ophthalmic infections
Anthrax, including inhalational anthrax (post-exposure)
Alternative treatment for selected infections when penicillin is contraindicated
Adjunctive therapy for acute intestinal amebiasis and severe acne
Prophylaxis of malaria

To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of ACTICLATE and ACTICLATE CAP and other antibacterial drugs, ACTICLATE and ACTICLATE CAP should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by bacteria.

Source: the FDA label for Acticlate CAP (Aqua Pharmaceuticals), November 28, 2017. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Acticlate CAP (color, shape, or markings). That’s normal for an authorized generic.
If your prescription says “dispense as written,” the pharmacy needs your prescriber’s OK to give you the authorized generic.
Cash prices can differ a lot from one pharmacy to the next, so it can pay to ask two. With insurance, what you pay depends on your plan.
If your pharmacy doesn’t stock it, they can often order it within a day or two.
Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/acticlate-cap/