How do you pay?

How to pay the least

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$18.05 for 30 tablets delivered ($12.80 plus $5.25 shipping)

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

  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. It comes by mail.

Need it today? From $21.89 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 

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

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Question
Brand nameEpivir
Authorized genericlamivudine
Regular genericlamivudine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
From$18.05for 30 tablets at Cost Plus Drugs, with shipping
Same as Epivir?
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 Epivir’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Epivir’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Epivir 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, 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

6 companies sell a generic of Epivir 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.

  • ApotexTablet 150 mg, 300 mg

    Has lactose

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg White, diamond, 14 mm, marked “APO / LMV / 150”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 6060505-3251-6
    Bottle of 100060505-3251-8

    300 mg Gray, diamond, 18 mm, marked “APO / LMV / 300”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3060505-3252-3
    Bottle of 100060505-3252-8

    Inactive ingredients: anhydrous lactose, crospovidone (120 .mu.m), silicon dioxide, hypromellose, hydroxypropyl cellulose (1600000 wamw), magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol 8000, titanium dioxide, ferrosoferric oxide

  • Aurobindo PharmaSolution 10 mg/mL

    Product page on aurobindousa.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    10 mg/mL Colorless to pale yellow

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 240 mL65862-055-24

    Inactive ingredients: strawberry, banana, anhydrous citric acid, methylparaben, propylene glycol, propylparaben, trisodium citrate dihydrate, sucrose

    FDA label

  • Chartwell RXSolution 10 mg/mL
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    10 mg/mL Clear colorless to pale yellow

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 240 mL62135-706-37
    Box of 600 mL62135-706-24

    Inactive ingredients: alcohol, edetate disodium, anhydrous citric acid, methylparaben, propylparaben, sodium citrate form, sucrose, water, propylene glycol

    FDA label

  • Macleods PharmaceuticalsTablet 150 mg, 300 mg
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg White, capsule, 14 mm, marked “ML1”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 6033342-001-09

    300 mg Gray, capsule, 16 mm, marked “U27”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3033342-002-07

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

    FDA label

  • Rising Pharma HoldingsSolution 10 mg/mL

    Made by Aurobindo Pharma

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    10 mg/mL Colorless to pale yellow

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 240 mL57237-274-24

    Inactive ingredients: strawberry, banana, anhydrous citric acid, methylparaben, propylene glycol, propylparaben, trisodium citrate dihydrate, sucrose

    FDA label

  • Strides Pharma ScienceTablet 150 mg, 300 mg
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg White, round, 9 mm, marked “TMT”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 6064380-710-03

    300 mg White, round, 12 mm, marked “L300”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3064380-711-04

    Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, silicon dioxide, povidone k30, magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 400, hypromellose 2910 (5 mpa.s)

    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 Epivir, 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

EPIVIR is a nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor indicated in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV‑1 infection. Limitations of Use: The dosage of this product is for HIV‑1 and not for HBV.

Source: the FDA label for Epivir (ViiV Healthcare Company), August 15, 2024. Full label on DailyMed 

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