Azulfidine vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Lowest without a membership

$17.67 for 30 tablets delivered ($12.42 plus $5.25 shipping)

Generic sulfasalazine 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 sulfasalazine 500 mg. It comes by mail.

Need it today? $21.02 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 card

For 3 months at a time $13 for 90 tablets from Rx Outreach, by mail. Ask your prescriber to write it for 90 days.

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With a membership $6.50 for 30 tablets from Amazon Pharmacy, by mail ($139 a year).

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

Compare every option

Brand nameAzulfidine

Authorized genericsulfasalazine

Regular genericsulfasalazine

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest

Cash price$17.67for 30 tablets at Cost Plus Drugs, with shippingWith a membership: $6.50 at Amazon Pharmacy

Same as Azulfidine?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameTrumpRx.gov price

TrumpRx.gov, the federal government’s drug price site, lists Azulfidine at a price its maker agreed to, for people paying without insurance.

Azulfidine $99.60for 120 tablets500Get the free coupon on TrumpRx’s page and show it at the pharmacy.
Azulfidine EN-tabs $130.80for 120 tablets500Get the free coupon on TrumpRx’s page and show it at the pharmacy.

From TrumpRx.gov, read October 28, 2026. Its page opens on this price; other strengths and amounts are priced there too. With insurance, check your co-pay first: it may be lower.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

sulfasalazine

Sold by

Mylan Pharmaceuticals

Your strength

NDC to ask for

500 mgtablet
- 59762-5000-511-digit: 59762-5000-05100 tablets per bottle
- 59762-5000-611-digit: 59762-5000-06300 tablets per bottle
500 mgdelayed-release tablet
- 59762-0104-511-digit: 59762-0104-05100 tablets per bottle
- 59762-0104-611-digit: 59762-0104-06300 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Azulfidine, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Mylan Pharmaceuticals, 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).

500 mg delayed-release tablet

Azulfidine is sold under its generic name, so there’s no separate brand label to compare. Here’s its label.

Authorized generic package label from Mylan Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericMylan Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: sulfasalazine 500 mg

Inactive:

Carnauba wax
Cellacefate
Glyceryl monostearate
Magnesium stearate
Polyethylene glycol
Povidone
Propylene glycol
Silicon dioxide
Corn starch
Talc
White wax

500 mg tablet

Azulfidine is sold under its generic name, so there’s no separate brand label to compare. Here’s its label.

See the ingredients

Active: sulfasalazine 500 mg

Inactive:

Magnesium stearate
Povidone
Silicon dioxide
Corn starch

Regular genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic sulfasalazine, lowest first.

Pick up in storeDelivered

Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $10for 120 tablets500 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
Delivered: Rx Outreach $13for 90 tablets500 mgeach additional 30 tablets: $9Free delivery
Pick up in store: Target (CVS) + Optum Perks $17.41for 120 tablets500 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy $6.50for 30 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
Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs $12.42for 30 tablets500 mgPlus $5.25 shipping
Delivered: Optum Perks $50.72for 120 tablets500 mgPlus $5 shipping · Not with insurance
Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card $21.02for 30 tablets500 mgFree card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
Pick up in store: Costco $44.12for 60 tablets500 mgMembers only · $65 a yearFind the nearest store
Delivered: Costco $44.12for 60 tablets500 mgMembers only · $65 a year · Plus shipping
Pick up in store: Sam's Club See its pricePlus members only · $120 a yearFind 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

3 companies sell a generic of Azulfidine 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.

Chartwell RX500 mg

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

500 mg Light, round, 13 mm, marked “CE / 33”

Package NDC
Bottle of 100 62135-960-01
Bottle of 300 62135-960-31
Bottle of 500 62135-960-05
Bottle of 1000 62135-960-10

Inactive ingredients: magnesium stearate, stearic acid, starch, corn
FDA label
Sunrise Pharmaceutical500 mg

Made by Nuvo Phamaceuticals

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

500 mg Gold, round, 14 mm, marked “N39”

Package NDC
Bottle of 100 11534-200-01
Bottle of 300 11534-200-07
Bottle of 500 11534-200-04

Inactive ingredients: magnesium stearate, povidone, talc, starch, corn, croscarmellose sodium, water, microcrystalline cellulose
FDA label
Teva Pharmaceuticals500 mg

Made by Watson Laboratories

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

500 mg Mustard, round, 13 mm, marked “TV / 7U”

Package NDC
Bottle of 100 0093-3234-01
Bottle of 500 0093-3234-05
Bottle of 1000 0093-3234-10

Inactive ingredients: magnesium stearate, starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a, stearic acid
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 100	62135-960-01
Bottle of 300	62135-960-31
Bottle of 500	62135-960-05
Bottle of 1000	62135-960-10

Package	NDC
Bottle of 100	11534-200-01
Bottle of 300	11534-200-07
Bottle of 500	11534-200-04

Package	NDC
Bottle of 100	0093-3234-01
Bottle of 500	0093-3234-05
Bottle of 1000	0093-3234-10

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

AZULFIDINE EN-tabs Tablets are indicated:

a)in the treatment of mild to moderate ulcerative colitis, and as adjunctive therapy in severe ulcerative colitis;
b)for the prolongation of the remission period between acute attacks of ulcerative colitis;
c)in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have responded inadequately to salicylates or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., an insufficient therapeutic response to, or intolerance of, an adequate trial of full doses of one or more nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs); and
d)in the treatment of pediatric patients with polyarticular-course1 juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who have responded inadequately to salicylates or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

AZULFIDINE EN-tabs is particularly indicated in patients with ulcerative colitis who cannot take uncoated sulfasalazine tablets because of gastrointestinal intolerance, and in whom there is evidence that this intolerance is not primarily the result of high blood levels of sulfapyridine and its metabolites, e.g., patients experiencing nausea and vomiting with the first few doses of the drug, or patients in whom a reduction in dosage does not alleviate the adverse gastrointestinal effects.

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, rest and physiotherapy as indicated should be continued. Unlike anti-inflammatory drugs, AZULFIDINE EN-tabs does not produce an immediate response. Concurrent treatment with analgesics and/or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is recommended at least until the effect of AZULFIDINE EN-tabs is apparent.

Source: the FDA label for Azulfidine (Pfizer Laboratories Div Pfizer Inc), May 29, 2026. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Azulfidine (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/azulfidine/