An authorized generic of EMLA was sold before, but it isn’t sold now. Ask your pharmacist whether a regular generic (lidocaine and prilocaine) is available.
Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026
How to pay the least
Ask for the cash price
Generic lidocaine and prilocaine
No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.
- Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic lidocaine and prilocaine.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 EMLA, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
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Brand nameEMLA
Authorized genericlidocaine and prilocaine
Regular genericlidocaine and prilocaine
What you’d pay
Not soldNo longer sold
Not soldNo longer sold
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Same as EMLA?
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ
Details for each option
Details for
Brand nameNot sold
EMLA itself isn’t sold as a prescription anymore. Its generic versions, if any, are in the other tabs.
Authorized genericNot sold now
Regular genericWho makes it
5 companies sell a generic of EMLA 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.
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Alembic Pharmaceuticals2.5% / 2.5%
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
2.5% / 2.5%
Package NDC Carton of 5 g 62332-582-04 Carton of 30 g 62332-582-31 Inactive ingredients: peg-54 hydrogenated castor oil, carbomer homopolymer type b (allyl pentaerythritol crosslinked), sodium hydroxide, water
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Encube Ethicals2.5% / 2.5%
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
2.5% / 2.5%
Package NDC Carton of 30 g 21922-076-05 Inactive ingredients: peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, carbomer homopolymer type b (allyl sucrose crosslinked), sodium hydroxide, water
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Fougera Pharmaceuticals2.5% / 2.5%
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
2.5% / 2.5%
Package NDC Carton of 5 g 0168-0357-55 Carton of 5 g 0168-0357-56 Carton of 30 g 0168-0357-30 Inactive ingredients: carbomer homopolymer type b (allyl sucrose crosslinked), sodium hydroxide, water, peg-50 hydrogenated castor oil
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Padagis2.5% / 2.5%
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
2.5% / 2.5%
Package NDC Carton of 30 g 0574-2042-30 Inactive ingredients: water, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, sodium hydroxide, carbomer homopolymer type b (allyl pentaerythritol crosslinked)
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Viona Pharmaceuticals2.5% / 2.5%
Made by Zydus Lifesciences
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
2.5% / 2.5% Off-white
Package NDC Carton of 25 g 72578-165-96 Carton of 30 g 72578-165-06 Inactive ingredients: carbomer homopolymer type b (allyl pentaerythritol crosslinked), polyoxyl 40 hydrogenated castor oil, sodium hydroxide, water
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
What the FDA label says
Lidocaine and prilocaine cream USP, (a eutectic mixture of lidocaine 2.5% and prilocaine 2.5%) is indicated as a topical anesthetic for use on:
- normal intact skin for local analgesia.
- genital mucous membranes for superficial minor surgery and as pretreatment for infiltration anesthesia.
Lidocaine and prilocaine cream are not recommended in any clinical situation when penetration or migration beyond the tympanic membrane into the middle ear is possible because of the ototoxic effects observed in animal studies (see WARNINGS ).
Source: the FDA label for Lidocaine and prilocaine (Viona Pharmaceuticals Inc), December 1, 2025. Full label on DailyMed
Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/emla/