How do you pay?

Match the strength and how many to your prescription label.

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic buprenorphine

No pharmacy we check posts a price for buprenorphine, 30 tablets.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic buprenorphine.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.

Every company’s buprenorphine is rated by the FDA to work the same, so any pharmacy can fill your prescription with the one it stocks.

Regular genericWho makes it

8 companies sell buprenorphine in this form, each one rated by the FDA as a substitute for the others. 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.

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 it, what would I pay for generic buprenorphine?”

Paying cash? Ask for the cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

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