Maxitrol

Generic name: neomycin, polymyxin B, and dexamethasone

Used for: Eye inflammation with an infection or risk of one · Eye injuries from burns or foreign objects · Chronic uveitis (inflammation inside the eye) · 2 more

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic neomycin, polymyxin B, and dexamethasone

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic neomycin, polymyxin B, and dexamethasone.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 Maxitrol, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameMaxitrol
Authorized genericneomycin, polymyxin B, and dexamethasone
Regular genericneomycin, polymyxin B, and dexamethasone
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
Same as Maxitrol?
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 Maxitrol’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Maxitrol’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

neomycin, polymyxin B, and dexamethasone

Sold by (either works)
  • SandozThe company behind Maxitrol
  • Nordic Pharma
Your strength
NDC to ask for
  • 3.5 mg/g / 10,000 units/g / 1 mg/gointmentSandoz
    • 61314-631-3611-digit: 61314-0631-363.5 g per tube
  • 3.5 mg/mL / 10,000 units/mL / 1 mg/mLsuspensionNordic Pharma
    • 69918-515-0511-digit: 69918-0515-055 mL per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Maxitrol, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic, 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).

3.5 mg/mL / 10,000 units/mL / 1 mg/mL suspension · Nordic Pharma

Same active and inactive ingredients as Maxitrol.

BrandMaxitrol
Authorized genericNordic Pharma
See the ingredients

Active: neomycin sulfate 3.5 mg/mL · polymyxin B sulfate 10,000 units/mL · dexamethasone 1 mg/mL

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Benzalkonium chloride
  • Hydrochloric acid
  • Hypromellose 2910
  • Polysorbate 20
  • Sodium chloride
  • Sodium hydroxide
  • Water

3.5 mg/g / 10,000 units/g / 1 mg/g ointment · Sandoz

Maxitrol doesn’t come in this strength, so there’s no brand label to compare.

Authorized genericSandoz
See the ingredients

Active: neomycin sulfate 3.5 mg/g · polymyxin B sulfate 10,000 units/g · dexamethasone 1 mg/g

Inactive:

  • Lanolin
  • Methylparaben
  • Petrolatum
  • Propylparaben

Regular genericWho makes it

2 companies sell a generic of Maxitrol 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.

  • Bausch & LombOintment 3.5 mg/g / 10,000 units/g / 1 mg/g · Suspension 3.5 mg/mL / 10,000 units/mL / 1 mg/mL

    Sold as Neomycin Polymyxin B Sulfates and Dexamethasone or Neomycin and Polymyxin B Sulfates and Dexamethasone

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    3.5 mg/g / 10,000 units/g / 1 mg/g

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3.5 g24208-795-35

    3.5 mg/mL / 10,000 units/mL / 1 mg/mL

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 5 mL24208-830-60

    Inactive ingredients: lanolin, methylparaben, mineral oil, propylparaben, petrolatum, sodium chloride, polysorbate 20, water, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, benzalkonium chloride, hypromellose

    FDA label

  • SandozSuspension 3.5 mg/mL / 10,000 units/mL / 1 mg/mL

    Sold as Neomycin and Polymyxin B Sulfates and Dexamethasone

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    3.5 mg/mL / 10,000 units/mL / 1 mg/mL

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 5 mL61314-630-06

    Inactive ingredients: benzalkonium chloride, hypromellose 2910 (4000 mpa.s), sodium chloride, polysorbate 20, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, water

    FDA label

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

For steroid-responsive inflammatory ocular conditions for which a corticosteroid is indicated and where bacterial infection or a risk of bacterial infection exists.

Ocular corticosteroids are indicated in inflammatory conditions of the palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva, cornea, and anterior segment of the globe where the inherent risk of corticosteroids use in certain infective conjunctivitides is accepted to obtain a diminution in edema and inflammation. They are also indicated in chronic anterior uveitis and corneal injury from chemical, radiation or thermal burns; or penetration of foreign bodies.

The use of a combination drug with an anti-infective component is indicated where the risk of infection is high or where there is an expectation that potentially dangerous numbers of bacteria will be present in the eye.

The particular anti-infective drug in this product is active against the following common bacterial eye pathogens: Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella /Enterobacterspecies, Neisseriaspecies, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

This product does not provide adequate coverage against: Serratia marcescensand S treptococci, including Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Source: the FDA label for Maxitrol (Harrow Eye, LLC), October 24, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/maxitrol/