Cytotec vs. its authorized generic and generics

Strength How many

How to pay the least

From

$19.29 for 30 tablets delivered ($14.04 plus $5.25 shipping)

Generic misoprostol from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.

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
Order generic misoprostol. It comes by mail.

Need it today? From $20.95 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

With a membership From $12.50 for 30 tablets from Amazon Pharmacy, by mail ($139 a year).

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

Compare every option

Brand nameCytotec

Authorized genericmisoprostol

Regular genericmisoprostol

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest

From$19.29for 30 tablets at Cost Plus Drugs, with shipping

Same as Cytotec?

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

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

misoprostol

Sold by

Mylan Pharmaceuticals

Your strength

NDC to ask for

100 mcgtablet
- 59762-5007-111-digit: 59762-5007-0160 tablets per bottle
- 59762-5007-211-digit: 59762-5007-02120 tablets per bottle
200 mcgtablet
- 59762-5008-111-digit: 59762-5008-0160 tablets per bottle
- 59762-5008-211-digit: 59762-5008-02100 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Cytotec, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Mylan Pharmaceuticals, 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).

100 mcg tablet

Same active and inactive ingredients as Cytotec.

Authorized generic package label from Mylan Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericMylan Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: misoprostol 100 mcg

Inactive, on both labels:

Hydrogenated castor oil
Hypromellose
Microcrystalline cellulose

200 mcg tablet

Same active and inactive ingredients as Cytotec.

See the ingredients

Active: misoprostol 200 mcg

Inactive, on both labels:

Hydrogenated castor oil
Hypromellose
Microcrystalline cellulose

Regular genericWhere to buy it

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

Pick up in storeDelivered

Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy from $12.50for 30 tablets100 mcg $12.50 · 200 mcg $18.50Prime members only · $139 a year · Free delivery · Prime price: limits on some medicines if you're over 65 or have Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs from $14.04for 30 tablets100 mcg $14.04 · 200 mcg $16.04Plus $5.25 shipping
Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card from $20.95for 30 tablets100 mcg $20.95 · 200 mcg $24.78Free card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $3.76for 2 tablets200 mcgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
Pick up in store: CVS Pharmacy + Optum Perks $7.49for 2 tablets200 mcgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
Delivered: Optum Perks $14.53for 2 tablets200 mcgPlus $5 shipping · Not with insurance
Pick up in store: Costco $20.79for 2 tablets200 mcgMembers only · $65 a yearFind the nearest store
Delivered: Costco $20.79for 2 tablets200 mcgMembers only · $65 a year · Plus shipping
Pick up in store: Sam's Club See its pricePlus members only · $120 a yearFind the nearest store

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

2 companies sell a generic of Cytotec 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 PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths

Product page on anipharmaceuticals.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

100 mcg White, round, 7 mm, marked “443 / N”

Package NDC
Bottle of 60 70954-443-10
Bottle of 120 70954-443-20

200 mcg White, round, 9 mm, marked “N444”

Package NDC
Bottle of 60 70954-444-10
Bottle of 100 70954-444-20

Inactive ingredients: cellulose, microcrystalline, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, hypromelloses, hydrogenated cottonseed oil
FDA label
GenBioPro200 mcg

Made by Acq Pharma

Product page on genbiopro.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

200 mcg White, round, 9 mm, marked “10 / 07”

Package NDC
Bottle of 4 43393-024-04

200 mcg White, round, 9 mm, marked “10 / 07”

Package NDC
Carton of 48 43393-200-48
Bottle of 60 43393-200-60

Inactive ingredients: hydrogenated castor oil, cellulose, microcrystalline, hypromellose, sodium starch glycolate type a
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 60	70954-443-10
Bottle of 120	70954-443-20

Package	NDC
Bottle of 60	70954-444-10
Bottle of 100	70954-444-20

Package	NDC
Bottle of 4	43393-024-04

Package	NDC
Carton of 48	43393-200-48
Bottle of 60	43393-200-60

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

Lowering the risk of stomach ulcers from NSAIDs like aspirin

What the FDA label says

Cytotec (misoprostol) is indicated for reducing the risk of NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including aspirin)–induced gastric ulcers in patients at high risk of complications from gastric ulcer, e.g., the elderly and patients with concomitant debilitating disease, as well as patients at high risk of developing gastric ulceration, such as patients with a history of ulcer. Cytotec has not been shown to reduce the risk of duodenal ulcers in patients taking NSAIDs. Cytotec should be taken for the duration of NSAID therapy. Cytotec has been shown to reduce the risk of gastric ulcers in controlled studies of 3 months' duration. It had no effect, compared to placebo, on gastrointestinal pain or discomfort associated with NSAID use.

Source: the FDA label for Cytotec (Pfizer Laboratories Div Pfizer Inc), June 4, 2026. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Cytotec (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 checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/cytotec/