An authorized generic of Gris-PEG was sold before, but it isn’t sold now. Ask your pharmacist whether a regular generic (ultramicrosize griseofulvin) is available.
Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026
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Generic ultramicrosize griseofulvin
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A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Gris-PEG, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
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Brand nameGris-PEG
Authorized genericultramicrosize griseofulvin
Regular genericultramicrosize griseofulvin
What you’d pay
Not soldNo longer sold
Not soldNo longer sold
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Brand nameNot sold
Gris-PEG itself isn’t sold as a prescription anymore. Its generic versions, if any, are in the other tabs.
Authorized genericNot sold now
Regular genericWho makes it
3 companies sell a generic of Gris-PEG 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.
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Amneal Pharmaceuticals125 mg, 250 mg
Made by Mountain
Packages and NDCs
125 mg
Package NDC Bottle of 100 0115-1724-01 Bottle of 500 0115-1724-02 250 mg
Package NDC Bottle of 100 0115-1725-01 Bottle of 1000 0115-1725-03 -
Sandoz125 mg, 250 mg
Has lactose
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
125 mg Yellow, oval, 15 mm, marked “I127”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 0781-5827-01 Bottle of 500 0781-5827-05 250 mg White, capsule, 15 mm, marked “I126”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 0781-5828-01 Bottle of 500 0781-5828-05 Inactive ingredients: polyethylene glycol 6000, sodium lauryl sulfate, crospovidone, anhydrous lactose, silicon dioxide, calcium stearate, talc, polyethylene glycol 8000, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide yellow, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s)
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Sigmapharm Laboratories125 mg, 250 mg
Has lactose
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
125 mg White to off-white, round, 10 mm, marked “ / 13”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 42794-013-08 250 mg White to off-white, round, 13 mm, marked “ / 14”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 42794-014-08 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, starch, corn, cellulose, microcrystalline, povidone, polyethylene glycol 400, poloxamer 188, anhydrous lactose, silicon dioxide, crospovidone, magnesium stearate
Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.
What it’s used for
- Ringworm of the scalp
- Nail fungus
- Ringworm of the body
- Athlete’s foot
- Jock itch
- Ringworm of the beard (barber’s itch)
What the FDA label says
Ultramicrosize Griseofulvin Tablets, USP are indicated for the treatment of the following ringworm infections; tinea corporis (ringworm of the body), tinea pedis (athlete's foot), tinea cruris (ringworm of the groin and thigh), tinea barbae (barber's itch), tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp), and tinea unguium (onychomycosis, ringworm of the nails), when caused by one or more of the following genera of fungi: Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton tonsurans, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Trichophyton interdigitalis, Trichophyton verrucosum, Trichophyton megnini, Trichophyton gallinae, Trichophyton crateriform, Trichophyton sulphureum, Trichophyton schoenleini, Microsporum audouini, Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum and Epidermophyton floccosum. NOTE: Prior to therapy, the type of fungi responsible for the infection should be identified. The use of the drug is not justified in minor or trivial infections which will respond to topical agents alone. Griseofulvin is not effective in the following: bacterial infections, candidiasis (moniliasis), histoplasmosis, actinomycosis, sporotrichosis, chromoblastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, North American blastomycosis, cryptococcosis (torulosis), tinea versicolor and nocardiosis.
Source: the FDA label for Ultramicrosize Griseofulvin (Sigmapharm Laboratories, LLC), January 14, 2022. Full label on DailyMed
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