How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Lowest price

$14.80 for 30 tablets delivered ($9.55 plus $5.25 shipping)

Generic desloratadine 5 mg from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail

  1. 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 
  2. Order generic desloratadine 5 mg. It comes by mail.

Need it today? $17.95 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 

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

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Question
Brand nameClarinex
Authorized genericdesloratadine
Regular genericdesloratadine
What you’d pay
At least$260for 30 tablets; pharmacies pay this
Not soldThere isn’t one
Lowest$14.80for 30 tablets at Cost Plus Drugs, with shipping
Same as Clarinex?
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 Clarinex’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Clarinex’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Clarinex 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 genericWhere to buy it

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

Pick up in storeDelivered

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 Clarinex 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.

  • Bionpharma5 mg

    Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 2 · Made by Orbion Pharmaceuticals

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    5 mg Light blue, round, 6 mm, marked “D”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 10069452-363-20
    Bottle of 50069452-363-30

    Inactive ingredients: starch, corn, hydroxypropyl cellulose, low substituted, silicon dioxide, betadex, butylated hydroxyanisole, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 6000, FD&C Blue No. 2, polysorbate 80

    FDA label

  • Lupin Pharmaceuticals5 mg
    Packages and NDCs

    5 mg Light blue, round, 6 mm, marked “LU / S71”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 10068180-153-01
    Bottle of 50068180-153-02

    FDA label

  • Natco Pharma5 mg

    Has a dye: FD&C Red No. 40

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    5 mg Red, round, 6 mm, marked “D5 / N”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 10069339-194-01
    Bottle of 50069339-194-05

    Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, FD&C Red No. 40, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, starch, corn, sodium lauryl sulfate, talc, titanium dioxide

    FDA label

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 Clarinex, 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

What the FDA label says

CLARINEX is a histamine-1 (H1) receptor antagonist indicated for:

  • Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis: relief of nasal and non-nasal symptoms in patients 2 years of age and older.
  • Perennial Allergic Rhinitis: relief of nasal and non-nasal symptoms in patients 6 months of age and older.
  • Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria: symptomatic relief of pruritus, reduction in the number of hives, and size of hives in patients 6 months of age and older.

Source: the FDA label for Clarinex (Organon LLC), May 17, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

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