An authorized generic of Ancobon was sold before, but it isn’t sold now. Ask your pharmacist whether a regular generic (flucytosine) is available.
Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026
How to pay the least
From
$91.43 for 30 capsules delivered ($86.18 plus $5.25 shipping)
Generic flucytosine 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 flucytosine. It comes by mail.
Need it today? From $117.04 for 30 capsules 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 Ancobon, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Compare every option
Question
Brand nameAncobon
Authorized genericflucytosine
Regular genericflucytosine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldNo longer sold
Same as Ancobon?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ
Details for each option
Details for
Brand nameNo maker’s card
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Ancobon’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Ancobon’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold now
Regular genericWhere to buy it
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic flucytosine, lowest first.
Pick up in storeDelivered
- Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs from $86.18for 30 capsules250 mg $86.18 · 500 mg $95.56Plus $5.25 shipping
- Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card from $117.04for 30 capsules250 mg $117.04 · 500 mg $149.62Free card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
- Pick up in store: CVS Pharmacy + Optum Perks $60.93for 6 capsules500 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $156for 6 capsules500 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
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
4 companies sell a generic of Ancobon 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.
It’s mostly filled by specialty pharmacies. Your prescriber’s office or insurer can tell you which one to use.
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Aurobindo PharmaAll 2 strengths
Has lactose · Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 6
Product page on aurobindousa.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
250 mg Cap and body, capsule, 18 mm, marked “FLU / 250”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 59651-331-01 500 mg Cap and body, capsule, 21 mm, marked “FLU / 500”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 59651-332-01 Inactive ingredients: anhydrous lactose, gelatin, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, starch, potato, shellac, silicon dioxide, talc, titanium dioxide, D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 6
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Avet PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths
Has lactose · Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 6 · Made by Strides Pharma
Product page on avetpharma.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
250 mg Opaque cap and opaque body, capsule, 18 mm, marked “FLU / 250”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 23155-860-03 Bottle of 100 23155-860-01 500 mg Opaque cap and opaque body, capsule, 22 mm, marked “FLU / 500”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 23155-861-03 Bottle of 100 23155-861-01 Inactive ingredients: starch, corn, talc, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 6, D&C Yellow No. 10, titanium dioxide, gelatin, lactose monohydrate, ferrosoferric oxide, propylene glycol, potassium hydroxide, shellac
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Lupin PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths
Has lactose · Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40 · Made by Novel Laboratories
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
250 mg Opaque Body and Opaque Cap, capsule, 18 mm, marked “250 / NL771”
Package NDC 500 mg Opaque Body and Opaque Cap, capsule, 21 mm, marked “500 / NL770”
Package NDC Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, talc, titanium dioxide, FD&C Blue No. 1, ferrosoferric oxide, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, gelatin, water, sodium lauryl sulfate, shellac, potassium hydroxide, povidone, sodium hydroxide, FD&C Red No. 40
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Sigmapharm LaboratoriesAll 2 strengths
Has lactose · Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Yellow No. 6
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
250 mg Green and white, capsule, 18 mm, marked “9”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 42794-009-08 500 mg Gray and yellow, capsule, 22 mm, marked “10”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 42794-010-08 Inactive ingredients: starch, corn, lactose monohydrate, talc, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Green No. 3, D&C Yellow No. 10, titanium dioxide, sodium lauryl sulfate, gelatin, ferrosoferric oxide, ferric oxide yellow, carboxymethylcellulose
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
ANCOBON is indicated only in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida and/or Cryptococcus.
Candida: Septicemia, endocarditis and urinary system infections have been effectively treated with flucytosine. Limited trials in pulmonary infections justify the use of flucytosine.
Cryptococcus: Meningitis and pulmonary infections have been treated effectively. Studies in septicemias and urinary tract infections are limited, but good responses have been reported.
ANCOBON should be used in combination with amphotericin B for the treatment of systemic candidiasis and cryptococcosis because of the emergence of resistance to ANCOBON (see MICROBIOLOGY ).
Source: the FDA label for Ancobon (Bausch Health US LLC), February 2, 2022. Full label on DailyMed
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/ancobon/