An authorized generic of Lidex was sold before, but it isn’t sold now. Ask your pharmacist whether a regular generic (fluocinonide) is available.
Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026
How to pay the least
Ask for the cash price
Generic fluocinonide
No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.
- Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic fluocinonide.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 Lidex, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
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Question
Brand nameLidex
Authorized genericfluocinonide
Regular genericfluocinonide
What you’d pay
Not soldNo longer sold
Not soldNo longer sold
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Same as Lidex?
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ
Details for each option
Details for
Brand nameNot sold
Lidex 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
10 companies sell a generic of Lidex 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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Encube EthicalsSolution 0.05%
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
0.05%
Package NDC Carton of 60 mL 21922-001-01 Inactive ingredients: citric acid monohydrate, alcohol, diisopropyl adipate, propylene glycol, water
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Fougera PharmaceuticalsSolution 0.05%
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
0.05%
Package NDC Carton of 60 mL 0168-0134-60 Inactive ingredients: alcohol, diisopropyl adipate, citric acid monohydrate, propylene glycol
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Lupin PharmaceuticalsSolution 0.05%
Made by Novel Laboratories
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
0.05%
Package NDC Carton of 20 mL 43386-026-02 Carton of 60 mL 43386-026-06 Inactive ingredients: anhydrous citric acid, alcohol, propylene glycol, diisopropyl adipate, water
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Macleods PharmaceuticalsSolution 0.05%
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0.05%
Package NDC Carton of 20 mL 33342-320-84 Carton of 60 mL 33342-320-85 Inactive ingredients: citric acid monohydrate, alcohol, diisopropyl adipate, propylene glycol, water
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NorthStar RxSolution 0.05%
Made by Macleods Pharmaceuticals
Product page on northstarrxllc.com
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0.05%
Package NDC Carton of 60 mL 72603-703-01 Inactive ingredients: citric acid monohydrate, alcohol, diisopropyl adipate, propylene glycol, water
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Quagen PharmaceuticalsSolution 0.05%
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0.05%
Package NDC Carton of 60 mL 70752-154-05 Inactive ingredients: alcohol, anhydrous citric acid, diisopropyl adipate, propylene glycol
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Sun Pharmaceutical IndustriesOintment 0.05% · Solution 0.05%
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0.05%
Package NDC Carton of 15 g 51672-1264-1 Carton of 30 g 51672-1264-2 Carton of 60 g 51672-1264-3 0.05%
Package NDC Carton of 20 mL 51672-1273-2 Carton of 60 mL 51672-1273-4 Inactive ingredients: glyceryl monostearate, propylene carbonate, propylene glycol, petrolatum, white wax, citric acid monohydrate, alcohol, diisopropyl adipate, water
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Teva PharmaceuticalsOintment 0.05%
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0.05%
Package NDC Carton of 15 g 0093-0264-15 Carton of 30 g 0093-0264-30 Carton of 60 g 0093-0264-92 Inactive ingredients: petrolatum, castor oil, sorbitan sesquioleate
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XiromedOintment 0.005%
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
0.005%
Package NDC Carton of 15 g 70700-146-15 Carton of 30 g 70700-146-16 Carton of 60 g 70700-146-17 Inactive ingredients: petrolatum, glyceryl monostearate, white wax, propylene carbonate, propylene glycol
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Zydus LifesciencesSolution 0.05%
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
0.05%
Package NDC Bottle of 20 mL 70710-1284-8 Bottle of 60 mL 70710-1284-3 Inactive ingredients: alcohol, citric acid monohydrate, diisopropyl adipate, propylene glycol, water
The FDA doesn’t rate Amneal Pharmaceuticals and Cosette Pharmaceuticals’s versions of fluocinonide a substitute for Lidex, 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 it’s used for
What the FDA label says
Fluocinonide topical solution USP, 0.05% is indicated for the relief of the inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses.
Source: the FDA label for Fluocinonide (QUAGEN PHARMACEUTICALS LLC), August 1, 2025. Full label on DailyMed
Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/lidex/