An authorized generic of Alinia was sold before, but it isn’t sold now. Ask your pharmacist whether a regular generic (nitazoxanide) is available.
Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026
How to pay the least
Lowest price
$2,074.49 for 30 tablets delivered ($2,069.24 plus $5.25 shipping)
Generic nitazoxanide 500 mg from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail
- 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 nitazoxanide 500 mg. It comes by mail.
Need it today? $3,904.43 for 30 tablets with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it. Get the free card and show it there.
See the price and get the cardA regular generic has the same active ingredient as Alinia, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Compare every option
Question
Brand nameAlinia
Authorized genericnitazoxanide
Regular genericnitazoxanide
What you’d pay
Not soldNo longer sold
Not soldNo longer sold
Same as Alinia?
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ
Details for each option
Details for
Brand nameNot sold
Alinia itself isn’t sold as a prescription anymore. Its generic versions, if any, are in the other tabs.
Authorized genericNot sold now
Regular genericWhere to buy it
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic nitazoxanide, lowest first.
Pick up in storeDelivered
- Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $212for 6 tablets500 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Pick up in store: CVS Pharmacy + Optum Perks $236for 6 tablets500 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs $2,069.24for 30 tablets500 mgPlus $5.25 shipping
- Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy $373.46for 3 tablets500 mgPrime members only · $139 a year · Free delivery · Prime price: limits on some medicines if you're over 65 or have Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card $3,904.43for 30 tablets500 mgFree card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
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 Alinia 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.
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ANI Pharmaceuticals500 mg
Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 2 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow No. 6 aluminum lake
Product page on anipharmaceuticals.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
500 mg Yellow, round, 13 mm, marked “ZNN”
Package NDC Bottle of 6 70954-934-10 Inactive ingredients: starch, corn, lecithin, soybean, xanthan gum, FD&C Yellow No. 6 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 2 aluminum lake, sucrose, sodium starch glycolate type a, hypromellose 2910 (50 mpa.s), talc, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake
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Camber Pharmaceuticals500 mg
Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Yellow No. 6 · Made by Annora Pharma
Product page on camberpharma.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
500 mg Green, round, 13 mm, marked “V1 / 1”
Package NDC Carton of 6 31722-100-32 Carton of 12 31722-100-31 Carton of 30 31722-100-30 Inactive ingredients: starch, corn, D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Yellow No. 6, hypromellose 2910 (15 mpa.s), soybean lecithin, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, talc, titanium dioxide, xanthan gum
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Rising Pharma Holdings500 mg
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
500 mg Yellow, round, 13 mm, marked “SUVEN / 500”
Package NDC Bottle of 6 64980-526-60 Bottle of 12 64980-526-21 Bottle of 18 64980-526-81 Bottle of 30 64980-526-03 Inactive ingredients: starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a corn, hypromellose 2910 (15000 mpa.s), talc, magnesium stearate
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
ALINIA is an antiprotozoal indicated for the treatment of diarrhea caused by Giardia lamblia or Cryptosporidium parvum.
Limitations of Use:
ALINIA has not been shown to be effective for the treatment of diarrhea caused by C. parvum in HIV-infected or immunodeficient patients.
Source: the FDA label for Alinia (LUPIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.), March 20, 2024. Full label on DailyMed
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/alinia/