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Generic atovaquone

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic atovaquone.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 Mepron, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameMepron
Authorized genericatovaquone
Regular genericatovaquone
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Mepron?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

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

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Mepron 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.

See the regular generic →

Regular genericWho makes it

9 companies sell a generic of Mepron 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.

  • Amneal Pharmaceuticals750 mg/5 mL
    Packages and NDCs

    750 mg/5 mL Yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 210 mL65162-693-88

    FDA label

  • Bionpharma750 mg/5 mL
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    750 mg/5 mL Opaque yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 210 mL69452-252-87

    Inactive ingredients: benzyl alcohol, hydrochloric acid, poloxamer 188, water, saccharin sodium, sodium hydroxide, xanthan gum

    FDA label

  • Camber Pharmaceuticals750 mg/5 mL

    Made by Hetero Labs

    Product page on camberpharma.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    750 mg/5 mL Yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 210 mL31722-629-21

    Inactive ingredients: benzyl alcohol, xanthan gum, poloxamer 188, water, hypromellose 2910 (3 mpa.s), saccharin sodium

    FDA label

  • Chartwell RX750 mg/5 mL
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    750 mg/5 mL Bright yellow

    PackageNDC
    Box of 100 mL62135-528-24
    Bottle of 210 mL62135-528-09

    Inactive ingredients: benzyl alcohol, poloxamer 188, saccharin sodium, xanthan gum, water

    FDA label

  • Glenmark Pharmaceuticals750 mg/5 mL

    Product page on glenmarkpharma-us.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    750 mg/5 mL Bright yellow

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 210 mL68462-421-21
    Carton of 210 mL68462-421-69

    Inactive ingredients: water, poloxamer 188, hypromellose 2910 (3 mpa.s), benzyl alcohol, xanthan gum, saccharin sodium, citric acid monohydrate, trisodium citrate dihydrate

    FDA label

  • Kesin Pharma750 mg/5 mL

    Made by Abhai and Bionpharma

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    750 mg/5 mL Opaque yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 100 mL81033-104-22
    Carton of 210 mL81033-104-42
    Carton of 250 mL81033-104-50

    750 mg/5 mL Bright yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 100 mL81033-105-22
    Carton of 210 mL81033-105-42

    Inactive ingredients: benzyl alcohol, hydrochloric acid, poloxamer 188, water, saccharin sodium, sodium hydroxide, xanthan gum

    FDA label

  • KVK-Tech750 mg/5 mL

    Made by Abhai

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    750 mg/5 mL Bright yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 210 mL10702-223-21

    Inactive ingredients: benzyl alcohol, poloxamer 188, water, saccharin sodium, xanthan gum

    FDA label

  • NorthStar Rx750 mg/5 mL

    Made by Hetero Labs

    Product page on northstarrxllc.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    750 mg/5 mL Yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 210 mL72603-248-01

    Inactive ingredients: hypromellose 2910 (3 mpa.s), benzyl alcohol, xanthan gum, poloxamer 188, water, saccharin sodium

    FDA label

  • PAI Pharma750 mg/5 mL

    Product page on paipharma.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    750 mg/5 mL Bright yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 210 mL0121-0956-08

    750 mg/5 mL Yellow

    PackageNDC
    Case of 90 mL0121-1016-18
    Case of 210 mL0121-1016-42

    Inactive ingredients: benzyl alcohol, poloxamer 188, water, saccharin sodium, xanthan gum, hypromellose 2910 (3 mpa.s)

    FDA label

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 Mepron, 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

What the FDA label says

MEPRON oral suspension is a quinone antimicrobial drug indicated for:

  • Prevention of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) in adults and adolescents aged 13 years and older who cannot tolerate trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX).
  • Treatment of mild-to-moderate PCP in adults and adolescents aged 13 years and older who cannot tolerate TMP-SMX.

Limitations of Use:

  • Treatment of severe PCP (alveolar arterial oxygen diffusion gradient [(A-a)DO2] >45 mm Hg) with MEPRON has not been studied.
  • The efficacy of MEPRON in subjects who are failing therapy with TMP-SMX has also not been studied.

Source: the FDA label for Mepron (GlaxoSmithKline LLC), March 20, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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