How to pay the least
Ask for the cash price
Generic methadone
No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.
- Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic methadone.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 Diskets, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Compare every option
Details for each option
Brand nameNo maker’s card
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Diskets’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Diskets’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Diskets 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.
Regular genericWho makes it
2 companies sell a generic of Diskets 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.
It’s mostly filled by specialty pharmacies. Your prescriber’s office or insurer can tell you which one to use.
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SpecGx40 mg
Has dyes: FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Yellow No. 6 · Sold as Methadose Dispersible
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
40 mg White, round, 21 mm, marked “METHADOSE / 40”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 0406-0540-34 40 mg Orange, rectangle, 20 mm, marked “M / 2540”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 0406-2540-01 Inactive ingredients: dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, starch, corn, stearic acid, potassium phosphate, monobasic, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Yellow No. 5, aluminum oxide
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VistaPharm40 mg
Product page on vistapharm.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
40 mg White, round, 7 mm, marked “E / 132”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 66689-898-40 Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, starch, corn, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose
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 Diskets, 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
DISKETS Dispersible Tablets are an opioid agonist indicated for the:
- Detoxification treatment of opioid addiction (heroin or other morphine-like drugs).
- Maintenance treatment of opioid addiction (heroin or other morphine-like drugs), in conjunction with appropriate social and medical services.
Limitations of Use
- Methadone products used for the treatment of opioid addiction in detoxification or maintenance programs are subject to the conditions for distribution and use required under 21 CFR, Title 42, Sec 8.
Source: the FDA label for Diskets (Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.), December 1, 2025. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Diskets. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Diskets’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/diskets/