Mirvaso

Generic name: brimonidine

Used for: Facial redness from rosacea

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic brimonidine

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameMirvaso
Authorized genericbrimonidine
Regular genericbrimonidine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Mirvaso?
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 Mirvaso’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Mirvaso’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

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

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Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Mirvaso 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.

  • Padagis0.5%

    Product page on padagis.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.5%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 30 g45802-078-30

    Inactive ingredients: benzalkonium chloride, carbomer homopolymer type b (allyl pentaerythritol crosslinked), glycerin, propylene glycol, water, sodium hydroxide, talc

    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 Mirvaso, 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

MIRVASO (brimonidine) topical gel, 0.33% is an alpha adrenergic agonist indicated for the topical treatment of persistent (nontransient) facial erythema of rosacea in adults 18 years of age or older.

Source: the FDA label for Mirvaso (Galderma Laboratories, L.P.), October 24, 2024. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

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