Bepreve vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic bepotastine besilate

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic bepotastine besilate.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 Bepreve, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameBepreve

Authorized genericbepotastine besilate

Regular genericbepotastine besilate

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest

Same as Bepreve?

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

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

bepotastine besilate

Sold by

Bausch & LombThe company behind Bepreve

NDC to ask for

1.5%drops
- 82260-630-0511-digit: 82260-0630-055 mL per dropper bottle
- 82260-630-1011-digit: 82260-0630-1010 mL per dropper bottle
1.5%drops
- 24208-630-0511-digit: 24208-0630-055 mL per dropper bottle
- 24208-630-1011-digit: 24208-0630-1010 mL per dropper bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Bepreve, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Bausch & Lomb (NDC 82260-630-05), 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 Bepreve.

Authorized generic package label from Bausch & Lomb — Authorized genericBausch & Lomb

See the ingredients

Active: bepotastine besylate 1.5%

Inactive, on both labels:

Benzalkonium chloride
Sodium chloride
Sodium hydroxide
Sodium phosphate, monobasic, dihydrate
Water

Regular genericWho makes it

3 companies sell a generic of Bepreve 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.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals1.5%

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

1.5%

Package NDC
Carton of 5 mL 62332-598-05
Carton of 10 mL 62332-598-10

Inactive ingredients: benzalkonium chloride, sodium phosphate, monobasic, dihydrate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, water
FDA label
Mylan Pharmaceuticals1.5%

Product page on viatris.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

1.5% Clear colorless to pale yellow

Package NDC
Carton of 5 mL 0378-7055-35
Carton of 10 mL 0378-7055-67

Inactive ingredients: benzalkonium chloride, sodium phosphate, monobasic, dihydrate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, water
FDA label
Somerset Therapeutics1.5%

Product page on somersetpharma.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

1.5%

Package NDC
Carton of 5 mL 70069-711-01

1.5%

Package NDC
Carton of 10 mL 70069-712-01

Inactive ingredients: benzalkonium chloride, sodium phosphate, monobasic, dihydrate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, water
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 5 mL	62332-598-05
Carton of 10 mL	62332-598-10

Package	NDC
Carton of 5 mL	0378-7055-35
Carton of 10 mL	0378-7055-67

Package	NDC
Carton of 5 mL	70069-711-01

Package	NDC
Carton of 10 mL	70069-712-01

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

Itchy eyes from allergies

What the FDA label says

BEPREVE is a histamine H1 receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis.

Source: the FDA label for Bepreve (Bausch & Lomb Incorporated), August 31, 2022. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Bepreve (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/bepreve/