Carnitor SF vs. generic levocarnitine: side by side

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic levocarnitine

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic levocarnitine.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 Carnitor SF, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Brand nameCarnitor SF

Authorized genericlevocarnitine

Regular genericlevocarnitine

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Not soldThere isn’t one

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Same as Carnitor SF?

The original

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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

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

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Carnitor SF itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. A regular generic is sold, with the same active ingredient: ask the pharmacy for its price.

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Regular genericWho makes it

4 companies sell a generic of Carnitor SF 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.

ANI Pharmaceuticals1 g/10 mL

Made by Novitium Pharma

Product page on anipharmaceuticals.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

1 g/10 mL

Package NDC
Bottle of 118 mL 70954-139-10

1 g/10 mL

Package NDC
Bottle of 118 mL 70954-140-10

Inactive ingredients: malic acid, methylparaben, propylparaben, sucrose, cherry, saccharin sodium monohydrate
FDA label
Rising Pharma Holdings1 g/10 mL

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

1 g/10 mL

Package NDC
Bottle of 118 mL 64980-503-12

Inactive ingredients: malic acid, water, sucrose, methylparaben, propylparaben
FDA label
Saptalis Pharmaceuticals1 g/10 mL

Made by ScieGen Pharmaceuticals

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

1 g/10 mL

Package NDC
Bottle of 118 mL 71656-016-04
Tray of 250 mL 71656-016-50
Tray of 500 mL 71656-016-01
Tray of 500 mL 71656-016-51
Tray of 1000 mL 71656-016-02

Inactive ingredients: cherry, alcohol, malic acid, water, sucrose, methylparaben, propylparaben
FDA label
TruPharma1 g/10 mL

Made by ScieGen Pharmaceuticals

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

1 g/10 mL

Package NDC
Bottle of 118 mL 52817-830-04

Inactive ingredients: cherry, alcohol, malic acid, water, sucrose, methylparaben, propylparaben
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 118 mL	70954-139-10

Package	NDC
Bottle of 118 mL	70954-140-10

Package	NDC
Bottle of 118 mL	64980-503-12

Package	NDC
Bottle of 118 mL	71656-016-04
Tray of 250 mL	71656-016-50
Tray of 500 mL	71656-016-01
Tray of 500 mL	71656-016-51
Tray of 1000 mL	71656-016-02

Package	NDC
Bottle of 118 mL	52817-830-04

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 my Carnitor SF, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand and for a generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

What it’s used for

Carnitine deficiency

What the FDA label says

CARNITOR® (levocarnitine) is indicated in the treatment of primary systemic carnitine deficiency. In the reported cases, the clinical presentation consisted of recurrent episodes of Reye-like encephalopathy, hypoketotic hypoglycemia, and/or cardiomyopathy. Associated symptoms included hypotonia, muscle weakness and failure to thrive. A diagnosis of primary carnitine deficiency requires that serum, red cell and/or tissue carnitine levels be low and that the patient does not have a primary defect in fatty acid or organic acid oxidation (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY ). In some patients, particularly those presenting with cardiomyopathy, carnitine supplementation rapidly alleviated signs and symptoms. Treatment should include, in addition to carnitine, supportive and other therapy as indicated by the condition of the patient.

CARNITOR® (levocarnitine) is also indicated for acute and chronic treatment of patients with an inborn error of metabolism which results in a secondary carnitine deficiency.

Source: the FDA label for Carnitor SF (Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.), November 4, 2024. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

A regular generic may look different from Carnitor SF. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
We didn’t find a savings card from Carnitor SF’s maker.
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/carnitor-sf/