How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Lowest price

$18.87 for 30 tablets delivered ($13.62 plus $5.25 shipping)

Generic lamivudine and zidovudine 150 mg / 300 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 lamivudine and zidovudine 150 mg / 300 mg. It comes by mail.

Need it today? $22.36 for 30 tablets with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it. Get the free card and show it there.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameCombivir
Authorized genericlamivudine and zidovudine
Regular genericlamivudine and zidovudine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Lowest$18.87for 30 tablets at Cost Plus Drugs, with shipping
Same as Combivir?
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 Combivir’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Combivir’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Combivir 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.

See the regular generic →

Regular genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic lamivudine and zidovudine, 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 Combivir 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.

  • Aurobindo Pharma150 mg / 300 mg

    Product page on aurobindousa.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg / 300 mg White to Off-white, capsule, 17 mm, marked “C / 60”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 6065862-036-10
    Bottle of 6065862-036-60

    Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol 400, polysorbate 80, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, titanium dioxide

    FDA label

  • Camber Pharmaceuticals150 mg / 300 mg

    Made by Hetero Labs

    Product page on camberpharma.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg / 300 mg White, capsule, 18 mm, marked “H / 2”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 6031722-506-60
    Bottle of 50031722-506-05

    Inactive ingredients: cellulose, microcrystalline, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, hypromelloses, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80, titanium dioxide, sodium starch glycolate type a potato

    FDA label

  • Macleods Pharmaceuticals150 mg / 300 mg
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg / 300 mg White, capsule, 17 mm, marked “ML6”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 6033342-003-09

    Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, hypromelloses, magnesium stearate, cellulose, microcrystalline, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, 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 Combivir, 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

COMBIVIR, a combination of 2 nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors, is indicated in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV‑1 infection.

Source: the FDA label for Combivir (ViiV Healthcare Company), August 22, 2023. Full label on DailyMed 

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