Acticlate vs. its authorized generic and generics

Strength How many

How to pay the least

From

$22.88 for 30 tablets delivered ($17.63 plus $5.25 shipping)

Generic doxycycline hyclate from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.

Make a free account on costplusdrugs.com. Ask your prescriber to send the prescription there, or Cost Plus Drugs can transfer it.Open Cost Plus Drugs
Order generic doxycycline hyclate. It comes by mail.

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

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Brand nameActiclate

Authorized genericdoxycycline hyclate

Regular genericdoxycycline hyclate

What you’d pay

Not soldNo longer sold

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest

From$22.88for 30 tablets at Cost Plus Drugs, with shipping

Same as Acticlate?

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Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNot sold

Acticlate itself isn’t sold as a prescription anymore. Its generic versions, if any, are in the other tabs.

See the authorized generic →

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

doxycycline hyclate

Sold by

Chartwell RXThe company behind Acticlate

Your strength

NDC to ask for

75 mgtablet
- 62135-907-2011-digit: 62135-0907-2020 tablets per bottle
150 mgtablet
- 62135-908-2011-digit: 62135-0908-2020 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Acticlate, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Chartwell RX, 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).

75 mg tablet

Acticlate itself isn’t sold anymore, so there’s no current brand label to compare. Here’s the authorized generic’s label.

Authorized generic package label from Chartwell RX — Authorized genericChartwell RX

See the ingredients

Active: doxycycline hyclate 75 mg

Inactive:

Croscarmellose sodium
FD&C Blue No. 2
Magnesium stearate
Microcrystalline cellulose
Polyethylene glycol 8000
Polyvinyl alcohol
Sodium lauryl sulfate
Talc
Titanium dioxide

150 mg tablet

Acticlate itself isn’t sold anymore, so there’s no current brand label to compare. Here’s the authorized generic’s label.

See the ingredients

Active: doxycycline hyclate 150 mg

Inactive:

Croscarmellose sodium
FD&C Blue No. 2
Ferric oxide yellow
Magnesium stearate
Microcrystalline cellulose
Polyethylene glycol 8000
Polyvinyl alcohol
Sodium lauryl sulfate
Talc
Titanium dioxide

Regular genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic doxycycline hyclate, lowest first.

Delivered

Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs from $17.63for 30 tablets75 mg $17.63 · 150 mg $20.70Plus $5.25 shipping

From each pharmacy’s own site, read November 2, 2026. Confirm the price before you fill.

About these prices

Prices change, can differ by store and state, and may depend on the strength and how many you take. With insurance, ask what your plan charges; it can be less.

Regular genericWho makes it

3 companies sell a generic of Acticlate 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.

Ajanta PharmaAll 2 strengths

Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Yellow No. 6

Product page on ajantapharmausa.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

75 mg Blue, round, 8 mm, marked “DY / 2”

Package NDC
Bottle of 60 27241-153-02

150 mg Yellowish-green, capsule, 16 mm, marked “D / Y / 1”

Package NDC
Bottle of 60 27241-154-02

Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, sodium lauryl sulfate, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Yellow No. 6, ferric oxide yellow
FDA label
Alembic PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths

Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Blue No. 2

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

75 mg Teal, round, 8 mm, marked “L22”

Package NDC
Bottle of 60 62332-387-60
Bottle of 1000 62332-387-91

150 mg Mossy-green, oval, 16 mm, marked “L / 2 / 3”

Package NDC
Bottle of 60 62332-388-60
Bottle of 1000 62332-388-91

Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, sodium lauryl sulfate, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 3350, talc, ferric oxide yellow, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Blue No. 2
FDA label
Lupin PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths

Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Blue No. 2

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

75 mg Light-teal, round, 9 mm, marked “LU / C80”

Package NDC
Bottle of 60 68180-653-07

150 mg Mossy-green, oval, 16 mm, marked “C / C / C”

Package NDC
Bottle of 60 68180-654-07

Inactive ingredients: cellulose, microcrystalline, croscarmellose sodium, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 6, hypromellose 2910 (5 mpa.s), magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol 3350, polyvinyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulfate, talc, titanium dioxide, FD&C Blue No. 2, ferric oxide yellow
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 60	27241-153-02

Package	NDC
Bottle of 60	27241-154-02

Package	NDC
Bottle of 60	62332-387-60
Bottle of 1000	62332-387-91

Package	NDC
Bottle of 60	62332-388-60
Bottle of 1000	62332-388-91

Package	NDC
Bottle of 60	68180-653-07

Package	NDC
Bottle of 60	68180-654-07

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

Doxycycline hyclate tablets and doxycycline hyclate capsules 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 doxycycline hyclate and other antibacterial drugs, doxycycline hyclate 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 Doxycycline Hyclate (Chartwell RX, LLC), June 30, 2026. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Acticlate (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 checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/acticlate/