Generic name: mesalamine
Used for: Ulcerative colitis
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Generic mesalamine DR
No pharmacy we check posts a price for mesalamine DR 1.2 g, 30 tablets. Pharmacies pay about $22 for 30 tablets; cash prices are higher. Ask two or three.
A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Lialda, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Details for each option
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Lialda’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Lialda’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
The same medicine as Lialda, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.
mesalamine
Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026
“Before you fill my Lialda, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Takeda Pharmaceuticals America (NDC 54092-100-01), and for a regular generic?”
Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.
Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
Lialda is sold under its generic name, so there’s no separate brand label to compare. Here’s its label.
Active: mesalamine 1.2 g
Inactive:
7 companies sell a generic of Lialda 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.
1.2 g Red-brown, oval, 21 mm, marked “WPI / 2245”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 120 | 0591-2245-22 |
Inactive ingredients: ammonia, silicon dioxide, copovidone k25-31, ferrosoferric oxide, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, magnesium stearate, methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1), methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:2), microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol 3350, polyvinyl alcohol, povidone k90, propylene glycol, shellac, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, talc, titanium dioxide, triethyl citrate
Made by Annora Pharma
Product page on camberpharma.com
1.2 g Reddish-brown, oval, 21 mm, marked “M19”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 120 | 31722-043-12 |
| Bottle of 500 | 31722-043-05 |
Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, ceric oxide, hypromellose 2208 (100 mpa.s), magnesium stearate, methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1), methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:2), microcrystalline cellulose 102, polyethylene glycol 6000, sodium starch glycolate type a, talc, titanium dioxide, triethyl citrate, ammonia, ferrosoferric oxide, propylene glycol, shellac
Made by Sinotherapeutics
1.2 g Light red to red, oval, 21 mm, marked “S1”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 60 | 62135-714-60 |
| Bottle of 120 | 62135-714-12 |
Inactive ingredients: methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1), methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:2), triethyl citrate, talc, polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 3350, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, sodium starch glycolate type a, hypromellose 2910 (15 mpa.s), microcrystalline cellulose
Made by Sinotherapeutics
1.2 g Light red to red, oval, 21 mm, marked “S1”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 120 | 0527-3012-48 |
Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, sodium starch glycolate type a, hypromellose 2910 (15 mpa.s), microcrystalline cellulose, methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1), methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:2), triethyl citrate, talc, polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 3350, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow
Made by Annora Pharma
Product page on northstarrxllc.com
1.2 g Reddish-brown, oval, 21 mm, marked “M19”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 120 | 72603-304-01 |
Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, ceric oxide, hypromellose 2208 (100 mpa.s), magnesium stearate, methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1), methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:2), microcrystalline cellulose 102, polyethylene glycol 6000, sodium starch glycolate type a, talc, titanium dioxide, triethyl citrate, ammonia, ferrosoferric oxide, propylene glycol, shellac
1.2 g Reddish-brown, oval, 20 mm, marked “RG70”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 120 | 63304-175-13 |
Inactive ingredients: hypromellose 2208 (100 mpa.s), microcrystalline cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose sodium form, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, methacrylic acid - ethyl acrylate copolymer (1:1) type a, methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:2), triethyl citrate, polyethylene glycol 6000, talc, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide red, shellac, ferrosoferric oxide, propylene glycol, sodium starch glycolate type a potato
1.2 g BROWN, oval, 10 mm, marked “711”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 34 | 68382-711-64 |
| Bottle of 120 | 68382-711-19 |
Inactive ingredients: carboxymethylcellulose sodium, cellulose, microcrystalline, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, hypromelloses, magnesium stearate, methacrylic acid, polyethylene glycol, silicon dioxide, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, talc, titanium dioxide, triethyl citrate
Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.
LIALDA is an aminosalicylate indicated for the:
Source: the FDA label for Lialda (Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.), March 24, 2026. Full label on DailyMed
Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/lialda/