Forteo vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic teriparatide

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic teriparatide.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 Forteo, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameForteo

Authorized genericteriparatide

Regular genericteriparatide

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest

Same as Forteo?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

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

Forteo Savings Card

Savings card from Eli Lilly

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.

Insurance · as little as $4 a month

The card takes up to $10,600 a year off your co-pay.

Or call 1-877-267-0513.

In the maker’s words

“You can download the Forteo Savings card now and Pay as little as $4 per month if you are eligible and commercially insured with coverage for FORTEO.”

From the maker’s offer on forteo.lilly.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 Forteo, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

teriparatide

Sold by

Prasco LaboratoriesMade by Eli Lilly, the company behind Forteo

NDC to ask for

250 mcg/mLinjection
- 66993-495-2811-digit: 66993-0495-282.24 mL per syringe
250 mcg/mLinjection
- 66993-989-2811-digit: 66993-0989-282.24 mL per syringe

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Forteo, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Prasco Laboratories (NDC 66993-495-28), and for a regular generic?”

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).

Same active and inactive ingredients as Forteo.

Authorized generic package label from Prasco Laboratories — Authorized genericPrasco Laboratories

See the ingredients

Active: teriparatide 250 mcg/mL

Inactive, on both labels:

Acetic acid
Hydrochloric acid
Mannitol
Metacresol
Sodium acetate anhydrous
Sodium hydroxide
Water

Regular genericMakers and their savings cards

4 companies sell a generic of Forteo that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. 2 of them have their own savings cards, listed first. Each works only with that maker’s version. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

ApotexSolution 250 mcg/mL

Teriparatide Injection Instant Savings Program

With commercial insurance as little as $0

Sign up on teriparatidecopay.com

See the offer on teriparatidecopay.com

In the maker’s words
“With savings card, eligible patients may pay $0 COPAY for Teriparatide Injection marketed by Apotex.”

Packages and NDCs

250 mcg/mL

Package NDC
Carton of 2.24 mL 60505-6188-0
Teva PharmaceuticalsSolution 250 mcg/mL

Teva's Teriparatide Injection savings card

With commercial insurance as little as $0 a prescription

Print the card (PDF)

Or call 1-844-248-7949. See the offer on tevateriparatide.com

In the maker’s words
“Patients may pay as little as $0 out of pocket for Teva’s Teriparatide Injection, USP.”

Teva Teriparatide savings card

“Pay as little as $0 for Teva's Teriparatide Injection” (not stated in page text (terms are on the downloadable card))

See the program

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

250 mcg/mL

Package NDC
Carton of 2.24 mL 0093-1106-16

Inactive ingredients: acetic acid, sodium acetate, mannitol, metacresol, water, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide
Amphastar PharmaceuticalsInjection 250 mcg/mL

Product page on amphastar.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

250 mcg/mL

Package NDC
Carton of 2.24 mL 0548-2311-00

Inactive ingredients: acetic acid, sodium acetate anhydrous, mannitol, metacresol, water, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide
FDA label
BluePoint LaboratoriesInjection 250 mcg/mL

Made by Amphastar Pharmaceuticals

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

250 mcg/mL

Package NDC
Carton of 2.24 mL 68001-693-76

Inactive ingredients: acetic acid, sodium acetate anhydrous, mannitol, metacresol, water, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 2.24 mL	60505-6188-0

Package	NDC
Carton of 2.24 mL	0093-1106-16

Package	NDC
Carton of 2.24 mL	0548-2311-00

Package	NDC
Carton of 2.24 mL	68001-693-76

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

FORTEO is a parathyroid hormone analog, (PTH 1-34), indicated for:

Treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture or patients who have failed or are intolerant to other available osteoporosis therapy
Increase of bone mass in men with primary or hypogonadal osteoporosis at high risk for fracture or patients who have failed or are intolerant to other available osteoporosis therapy
Treatment of men and women with osteoporosis associated with sustained systemic glucocorticoid therapy at high risk for fracture or patients who have failed or are intolerant to other available osteoporosis therapy

Source: the FDA label for Forteo (Eli Lilly and Company), August 3, 2026. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Forteo (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/forteo/