Klaron vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic sodium sulfacetamide

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic sodium sulfacetamide.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 Klaron, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameKlaron

Authorized genericsodium sulfacetamide

Regular genericsodium sulfacetamide

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Klaron

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Same as Klaron?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Klaron’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Klaron’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

The same medicine as Klaron, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

sodium sulfacetamide

Sold by

Oceanside PharmaceuticalsPart of Bausch Health, the company behind Klaron

NDC to ask for

10%lotion
- 68682-010-0411-digit: 68682-0010-04118 mL per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Klaron, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Oceanside Pharmaceuticals (NDC 68682-010-04), 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 ingredient. A few inactive ingredients are listed differently (below). Ask your pharmacist if that matters for you, for example with an allergy.

Authorized generic package label from Oceanside Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericOceanside Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: sulfacetamide sodium 10%

Inactive, on both labels:

Edetic acid
Hydroxyethyl cellulose
Lauric diethanolamide
Methylparaben
Sodium chloride
Sodium metabisulfite
Water
Xanthan gum

Only on Klaron’s label: PEG-8 laurate, Propylene glycol

Only on the authorized generic’s label: Polyethylene glycol 400

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Klaron 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.

Padagis10%

Product page on padagis.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

10%

Package NDC
Bottle of 118 mL 45802-896-26

Inactive ingredients: diethanolamine, edetic acid, lauric diethanolamide, methylparaben, polyethylene glycol 400, propylene glycol, water, sodium chloride, sodium metabisulfite, xanthan gum, dimethicone, silicon dioxide
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 118 mL	45802-896-26

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

Acne

What the FDA label says

Klaron Lotion is indicated in the topical treatment of acne vulgaris.

Source: the FDA label for Klaron (Bausch Health US, LLC), August 31, 2020. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Klaron (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 change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/klaron/