How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic glutamine

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic glutamine.Find pharmacies near you 
  2. 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 Endari, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameEndari
Authorized genericglutamine
Regular genericglutamine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Endari?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

Endari Commercial Copayment Assistance Program

Savings card from Emmaus Medical

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance · as little as $10 a month

Sign up on endarirx.com 

Or call 1-855-725-0900.

In the maker’s words

“Patient is required to pay the first $10.00 of their monthly co-payment for ENDARI.”

From the maker’s offer on endarirx.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Maker’s card or discount card?

A discount card like GoodRx lowers the pharmacy’s cash price, but for a brand-name drug that price often stays high. Compare it with the maker’s card above. You can usually use one or the other on a fill, not both.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Endari 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 genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Endari 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.

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 Endari, 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

ENDARI is an amino acid indicated to reduce the acute complications of sickle cell disease in adult and pediatric patients 5 years of age and older.

Source: the FDA label for Endari (Emmaus Medical, Inc.), June 20, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

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