Apokyn

Generic name: apomorphine

Used for: Parkinson’s "off" episodes (trouble moving)

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic apomorphine

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic apomorphine.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 Apokyn, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameApokyn
Authorized genericapomorphine
Regular genericapomorphine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Apokyn?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

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

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Apokyn itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. A regular generic is sold, with the same active ingredient: ask the pharmacy for its price.

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Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Apokyn 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.

  • TruPharma30 mg/3 mL

    Sold as apomorphine hydrocloride · Made by TP Anda Holdings

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    30 mg/3 mL

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 15 mL52817-720-05

    Inactive ingredients: sodium metabisulfite, benzyl alcohol, water, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid

    FDA label

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

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Apokyn, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand and for a generic?”

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

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

APOKYN is a non-ergoline dopamine agonist indicated for the acute, intermittent treatment of hypomobility, "off" episodes ("end-of-dose wearing off" and unpredictable "on/off" episodes) associated with advanced Parkinson's disease

Source: the FDA label for Apokyn (MDD US Operations, LLC), October 10, 2024. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

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