Benzamycin vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic erythromycin and benzoyl peroxide

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic erythromycin and benzoyl peroxide.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 Benzamycin, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameBenzamycin

Authorized genericerythromycin and benzoyl peroxide

Regular genericerythromycin and benzoyl peroxide

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Benzamycin

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Same as Benzamycin?

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 Benzamycin’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Benzamycin’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

erythromycin and benzoyl peroxide

Sold by

Oceanside PharmaceuticalsPart of Bausch Health, the company behind Benzamycin

NDC to ask for

3% / 5%kit
- 68682-900-2311-digit: 68682-0900-230.8 g vial + 20 g jar
3% / 5%kit
- 68682-901-4611-digit: 68682-0901-4640 g jar + 1.6 g vial

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Benzamycin, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Oceanside Pharmaceuticals (NDC 68682-900-23), 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 ingredient. A few inactive ingredients are listed differently (below). Ask your pharmacist if that matters for you, for example with an allergy.

Benzamycin package label — BrandBenzamycin

Authorized generic package label from Oceanside Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericOceanside Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: erythromycin 3% · benzoyl peroxide 5%

Inactive, on both labels:

Alcohol
Carbomer homopolymer type C
Docusate sodium
Sodium hydroxide
Water

Only on the authorized generic’s label: Limonene,-

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Benzamycin 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.

Rising Pharma Holdings3% / 5%

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3% / 5%

Package NDC
Jar of 23.3 g 64980-328-01
Jar of 46.6 g 64980-328-02

Inactive ingredients: water, carbomer 940, alcohol, sodium hydroxide, docusate sodium
FDA label

Package	NDC
Jar of 23.3 g	64980-328-01
Jar of 46.6 g	64980-328-02

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

Acne

What the FDA label says

Benzamycin Topical Gel is indicated for the topical treatment of acne vulgaris.

Source: the FDA label for Benzamycin (Bausch Health US, LLC), November 30, 2020. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Benzamycin (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/benzamycin/