Azopt vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic brinzolamide

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic brinzolamide.Find pharmacies near you
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 Azopt, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameAzopt

Authorized genericbrinzolamide

Regular genericbrinzolamide

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest

Same as Azopt?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

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

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

brinzolamide

Sold by

SandozThe company behind Azopt

NDC to ask for

1%suspension drops
- 0781-6014-7011-digit: 00781-6014-7010 mL per bottle
- 0781-6014-8511-digit: 00781-6014-8515 mL per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Azopt, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Sandoz (NDC 0781-6014-70), 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).

Same active and inactive ingredients as Azopt.

Authorized generic package label from Sandoz — Authorized genericSandoz

See the ingredients

Active: brinzolamide 1%

Inactive, on both labels:

Benzalkonium chloride
Carbomer homopolymer type C
Edetate disodium
Hydrochloric acid
Mannitol
Sodium chloride
Sodium hydroxide
Tyloxapol
Water

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Azopt 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.

Bausch & Lomb1%

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

1%

Package NDC
Carton of 10 mL 24208-464-10
Carton of 15 mL 24208-464-15

Inactive ingredients: mannitol, tyloxapol, edetate disodium, sodium chloride, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, water, benzalkonium chloride, carbomer homopolymer type c (allyl pentaerythritol crosslinked)

Package	NDC
Carton of 10 mL	24208-464-10
Carton of 15 mL	24208-464-15

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

Glaucoma and high eye pressure

What the FDA label says

AZOPT is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma.

Source: the FDA label for Azopt (Sandoz Inc), November 24, 2023. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Azopt (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/azopt/