Isopto Atropine

Generic name: atropine

Used for: Widening the pupil (mydriasis) · Relaxing the eye’s focusing muscle (cycloplegia) · Lazy eye (amblyopia) · 2 more

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic atropine

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic atropine.Find pharmacies near you 
  2. 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 Isopto Atropine, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameIsopto Atropine
Authorized genericatropine
Regular genericatropine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Isopto Atropine?
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 Isopto Atropine’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Isopto Atropine’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Isopto Atropine 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.

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Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Isopto Atropine 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.

  • Somerset Therapeutics1%

    Product page on somersetpharma.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    1%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 5 mL70069-716-01

    Inactive ingredients: benzalkonium chloride, boric acid, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, hypromellose, water

    FDA label

The FDA doesn’t rate Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Apotex, Edenbridge Pharmaceuticals and NorthStar Rx’s versions of atropine a substitute for Isopto Atropine, so a pharmacy can’t swap them in without your prescriber’s OK.

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 Isopto Atropine, 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

ISOPTO® Atropine 1% is a muscarinic antagonist indicated for:

  • Mydriasis
  • Cycloplegia
  • Penalization of the healthy eye in the treatment of amblyopia

Source: the FDA label for Isopto Atropine (Alcon Laboratories, Inc.), October 7, 2022. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/isopto-atropine/