MetroCream vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic metronidazole

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic metronidazole.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 MetroCream, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameMetroCream

Authorized genericmetronidazole

Regular genericmetronidazole

What you’d pay

Not soldNo longer sold

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest

Same as MetroCream?

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Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNot sold

MetroCream itself isn’t sold as a prescription anymore. Its generic versions, if any, are in the other tabs.

See the authorized generic →

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

metronidazole

Sold by (either works)

Mayne Pharma
Prasco Laboratories

NDC to ask for

0.75%creamMayne Pharma
- 68308-711-4511-digit: 68308-0711-4545 g per tube
0.75%creamPrasco Laboratories
- 66993-960-4511-digit: 66993-0960-4545 g per tube

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my MetroCream, 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).

0.75% cream · Mayne Pharma

MetroCream itself isn’t sold anymore, so there’s no current brand label to compare. Here’s the authorized generic’s label.

See the ingredients

Active: metronidazole 0.75%

Inactive:

Benzyl alcohol
Glycerin
Isopropyl palmitate
Lactic acid
Sodium hydroxide
Sorbitol
Water

0.75% cream · Prasco Laboratories

MetroCream itself isn’t sold anymore, so there’s no current brand label to compare. Here’s the authorized generic’s label.

See the ingredients

Active: metronidazole 0.75%

Inactive:

Benzyl alcohol
Glycerin
Isopropyl palmitate
Lactic acid
Sodium hydroxide
Sorbitol
Water

Regular genericWho makes it

3 companies sell a generic of MetroCream 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.

Aurobindo Pharma0.75%

Product page on aurobindousa.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

0.75%

Package NDC
Carton of 45 g 59651-770-46

Inactive ingredients: benzyl alcohol, glycerin, isopropyl palmitate, lactic acid form, sodium hydroxide, water, sorbitol solution
FDA label
Cosette Pharmaceuticals0.75%

Product page on cosettepharma.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

0.75%

Package NDC
Carton of 45 g 0713-0633-37

Inactive ingredients: sorbitol, glycerin, isopropyl palmitate, benzyl alcohol, lactic acid form, sodium hydroxide, water
FDA label
Fougera Pharmaceuticals0.75%

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

0.75%

Package NDC
Tube of 45 g 0168-0323-46

Inactive ingredients: sorbitol, glycerin, isopropyl palmitate, benzyl alcohol, lactic acid form, sodium hydroxide, water
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 45 g	59651-770-46

Package	NDC
Carton of 45 g	0713-0633-37

Package	NDC
Tube of 45 g	0168-0323-46

The FDA doesn’t rate Viona Pharmaceuticals’s version of metronidazole a substitute for MetroCream, so a pharmacy can’t swap it 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

Rosacea

What the FDA label says

INDICATIONS AND USAGE:

Metronidazole Topical Cream is indicated for topical application in the treatment of inflammatory papules and pustules of rosacea.

Source: the FDA label for Metronidazole (Mayne Pharma Inc.), October 31, 2024. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from MetroCream (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/metrocream/