Exelderm vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Authorized generic

Exelderm itself, without the brand name. It usually costs less than Exelderm.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of Exelderm’s authorized generic. Its NDC is on this page; the pharmacy may need to order it.See its NDC
Ask for Exelderm’s cash price too, and pick the lower one.

None is sold. The authorized generic is the only generic.

Compare every option

Brand nameExelderm

Authorized genericsulconazole

Regular genericsulconazole

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Exelderm

Not soldNone sold

Same as Exelderm?

The original

Same medicine

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Brand nameThe maker’s card

Exelderm’s maker has a savings card that lowers what you pay at the pharmacy.

Journey Total Access Program (JTAP+)

Savings card from Journey Medical

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.

Insurance · as little as $25 a fill

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

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

sulconazole

Sold by

JG Pharma

Your strength

NDC to ask for

1%cream
- 72143-311-6011-digit: 72143-0311-6060 g per tube
1%solution
- 72143-321-3011-digit: 72143-0321-3030 mL per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Exelderm, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from JG Pharma?”

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).

1% cream

Same active and inactive ingredients as Exelderm.

Authorized generic package label from JG Pharma — Authorized genericJG Pharma

See the ingredients

Active: sulconazole nitrate 1%

Inactive, on both labels:

Ascorbyl palmitate
Cetyl alcohol
Glyceryl monostearate
Isopropyl myristate
Nitric acid
PEG-100 stearate
Polysorbate 60
Propylene glycol
Sodium hydroxide
Sorbitan monostearate
Stearyl alcohol
Water

1% solution

Same active and inactive ingredients as Exelderm.

See the ingredients

Active: sulconazole nitrate 1%

Inactive, on both labels:

Butylated hydroxyanisole
Nitric acid
Poloxamer 407
Polysorbate 20
Propylene glycol
Sodium hydroxide
Water

Regular genericNot sold

None is sold. The authorized generic is the only generic. Generics usually come once the brand’s patents and exclusivity end. Until then, the authorized generic is the lower-cost way to get Exelderm.

See the authorized generic →

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

EXELDERM (sulconazole nitrate, USP) CREAM, 1.0% is an antifungal agent indicated for the treatment of tinea pedis (athlete's foot), tinea cruris, and tinea corporis caused by Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagro-phytes, Epidermophyton floccosum, and Microsporum canis,* and for the treatment of tinea versicolor.

Efficacy for this organism in the organ system was studied in fewer than ten infections.

Source: the FDA label for Exelderm (Journey Medical Corporation), July 19, 2022. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Exelderm (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/exelderm/