How to pay the least
From
$3,182.17 for 30 capsules
Generic lomustine with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.
- Get the free Team Cuban Card. It costs nothing to sign up.See the price and get the card
- At a pharmacy that takes it, show the card and ask for generic lomustine.Find a pharmacy that takes it
A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Gleostine, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Compare every option
Details for each option
Brand nameNo maker’s card
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Gleostine’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Gleostine’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Gleostine 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.
Regular genericWhere to buy it
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic lomustine, lowest first.
Pick up in store
- Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card from $3,182.17for 30 capsules10 mg $3,182.17 · 40 mg $12,689.61 · 100 mg $35,006.49Free card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
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
One company sells a generic of Gleostine 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.
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Carnegie PharmaceuticalsAll 3 strengths
Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 1
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
10 mg Bright white opaque body and bright white opaque cap, capsule, 16 mm, marked “CP / 114”
Package NDC Bottle of 5 80005-114-02 40 mg Light green opaque body and bright white opaque cap, capsule, 18 mm, marked “CP / 115”
Package NDC Bottle of 5 80005-115-02 100 mg Light green opaque body and light green opaque cap, capsule, 19 mm, marked “CP / 116”
Package NDC Bottle of 5 80005-116-02 Inactive ingredients: magnesium stearate, mannitol, gelatin, potassium hydroxide, ammonia, titanium dioxide, propylene glycol, ferrosoferric oxide, shellac, FD&C Blue No. 1, ferric oxide yellow
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 Gleostine, 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
Gleostine is an alkylating drug indicated for the treatment of patients with:
- Brain tumors, primary and metastatic, following appropriate surgical and/or radiotherapeutic procedures.
- Hodgkin's lymphoma in combination with other chemotherapies, following disease progression with initial chemotherapy.
Source: the FDA label for Gleostine (Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), September 25, 2025. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Gleostine. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Gleostine’s maker.
- 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/gleostine/