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Generic triamcinolone acetonide
No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.
- Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic triamcinolone acetonide.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 Kenalog, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
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Brand nameNo maker’s card
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Kenalog’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Kenalog’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Kenalog 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 genericWho makes it
8 companies sell a generic of Kenalog 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 Pharmaceuticals40 mg/mL, 200 mg/5 mL, 400 mg/10 mL
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
40 mg/mL White to cream-color
Package NDC Carton of 1 mL 70121-1049-2 Carton of 25 mL 70121-1049-5 40 mg/mL White to cream-color
Package NDC Carton of 1 mL 70121-1651-1 Carton of 25 mL 70121-1651-5 40 mg/mL White to cream-color
Package NDC Carton of 1 mL 70121-1657-1 Carton of 25 mL 70121-1657-5 200 mg/5 mL White to cream-color
Package NDC Carton of 5 mL 70121-1168-1 200 mg/5 mL White to cream-color
Package NDC Carton of 5 mL 70121-1652-1 200 mg/5 mL White to cream-color
Package NDC Carton of 5 mL 70121-1654-1 400 mg/10 mL White to cream-color
Package NDC Carton of 10 mL 70121-1169-1 400 mg/10 mL White to cream-color
Package NDC Carton of 10 mL 70121-1653-1 400 mg/10 mL White to cream-color
Package NDC Carton of 10 mL 70121-1655-1 Inactive ingredients: sodium chloride, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, benzyl alcohol, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid
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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories10 mg/mL, 200 mg/5 mL
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
10 mg/mL
Package NDC Carton of 5 mL 43598-676-11 200 mg/5 mL
Package NDC Carton of 5 mL 43598-694-11 Inactive ingredients: sodium chloride, benzyl alcohol, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, nitrogen, carboxymethylcellulose sodium form, carboxymethylcellulose sodium
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Hikma Pharmaceuticals40 mg/mL
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
40 mg/mL
Package NDC Carton of 25 mL 0143-9387-25 Inactive ingredients: sodium chloride, benzyl alcohol, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, nitrogen
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Long Grove Pharmaceuticals40 mg/mL
Product page on longgrovepharma.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
40 mg/mL
Package NDC Carton of 25 mL 81298-5781-5 40 mg/mL
Package NDC Carton of 10 mL 81298-5783-3 40 mg/mL
Package NDC Carton of 5 mL 81298-5785-3 Inactive ingredients: sodium chloride, benzyl alcohol, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, nitrogen, water
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Mylan Institutional40 mg/mL, 200 mg/5 mL, 400 mg/10 mL
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
40 mg/mL
Package NDC Carton of 25 mL 67457-621-99 200 mg/5 mL
Package NDC Carton of 125 mL 67457-622-99 400 mg/10 mL
Package NDC Carton of 250 mL 67457-623-99 Inactive ingredients: sodium chloride, benzyl alcohol, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, nitrogen, carboxymethylcellulose sodium
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NorthStar Rx40 mg/mL, 200 mg/5 mL, 400 mg/10 mL
Made by Amneal Eu · Being phased out; sold until September 2027
Product page on northstarrxllc.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
40 mg/mL White to off-white
Package NDC Carton of 1 mL 16714-130-01 Carton of 25 mL 16714-130-25 200 mg/5 mL White to off-white
Package NDC Carton of 5 mL 16714-140-01 400 mg/10 mL White to off-white
Package NDC Carton of 10 mL 16714-150-01 Inactive ingredients: sodium chloride, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, benzyl alcohol, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid
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Sagent Pharmaceuticals40 mg/mL
Made by Alembic Pharmaceuticals
Product page on sagentpharma.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
40 mg/mL
Package NDC Carton of 5 mL 25021-054-05 Carton of 10 mL 25021-054-10 Carton of 25 mL 25021-054-01 Inactive ingredients: sodium chloride, benzyl alcohol, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid
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Teva Parenteral Medicines40 mg/mL
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
40 mg/mL
Package NDC Carton of 1 mL 0703-0241-01 40 mg/mL
Package NDC Carton of 5 mL 0703-0243-01 Inactive ingredients: water, sodium chloride, benzyl alcohol, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid
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 Kenalog, 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
- Joint flare-ups in rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis
- Gout attacks
- Tendonitis and bursitis
- Keloids (raised scars)
- Alopecia areata (patchy hair loss)
- Thick, inflamed skin patches like psoriasis or lichen planus
- Discoid lupus (lupus of the skin)
- Ganglion cysts on a tendon
What the FDA label says
The intra-articular or soft tissue administration of KENALOG-10 Injection (triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension, USP) is indicated as adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in acute gouty arthritis, acute and subacute bursitis, acute nonspecific tenosynovitis, epicondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, synovitis of osteoarthritis.
The intralesional administration of KENALOG-10 Injection is indicated for alopecia areata; discoid lupus erythematosus; keloids; localized hypertrophic, infiltrated, inflammatory lesions of granuloma annulare, lichen planus, lichen simplex chronicus (neurodermatitis), and psoriatic plaques; necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum.KENALOG-10 Injection may also be useful in cystic tumors of an aponeurosis or tendon (ganglia).
Source: the FDA label for Kenalog (E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.), August 26, 2024. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Kenalog. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Kenalog’s maker.
- Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.
Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/kenalog/