An authorized generic of Pravachol was sold before, but it isn’t sold now. Ask your pharmacist whether a regular generic (pravastatin sodium) is available.
Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026
How to pay the least
From
$11.08 for 30 tablets delivered ($5.83 plus $5.25 shipping)
Generic pravastatin from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.
- Make a free account on costplusdrugs.com. Ask your prescriber to send the prescription there, or Cost Plus Drugs can transfer it.Open Cost Plus Drugs
- Order generic pravastatin. It comes by mail.
Need it today? From $14.10 for 30 tablets with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it. Get the free card and show it there.
See the price and get the cardA regular generic has the same active ingredient as Pravachol, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Compare every option
Question
Brand namePravachol
Authorized genericpravastatin
Regular genericpravastatin
What you’d pay
Not soldNo longer sold
Not soldNo longer sold
Same as Pravachol?
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ
Details for each option
Details for
Brand nameNot sold
Pravachol itself isn’t sold as a prescription anymore. Its generic versions, if any, are in the other tabs.
Authorized genericNot sold now
Regular genericWhere to buy it
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic pravastatin, lowest first.
Pick up in storeDelivered
- Pick up in store: Costco $16.79for 90 tablets40 mgMembers only · $65 a yearFind the nearest store
- Delivered: Costco $16.79for 90 tablets40 mgMembers only · $65 a year · Plus shipping
- Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs from $5.83for 30 tablets10 mg $5.90 · 20 mg $5.83 · 40 mg $6.31 · 80 mg $7.45Plus $5.25 shipping
- Delivered: Marley Drug $37for a 6-month supplyNot every strength is on its list12-month supply: $70Shipping included
- Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy $10.10for 30 tablets10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mgPrime members only · $139 a year · Free delivery · Prime price: limits on some medicines if you're over 65 or have Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Delivered: Rx Outreach from $12for 30 tablets10 mg, 20 mg: $12 for 30 tablets · 90 tablets: $1540 mg: $12 for 30 tablets · 90 tablets: $2580 mg: $12 for 30 tablets · 90 tablets: $17Free delivery
- Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card from $14.10for 30 tablets10 mg $14.10 · 20 mg $14.45 · 40 mg $14.77 · 80 mg $16.36Free card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
- Delivered: Optum Perks $15.25for 30 tablets40 mgPlus $5 shipping · Not with insurance
- Pick up in store: CVS Pharmacy + Optum Perks $21.72for 30 tablets40 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $33.94for 30 tablets40 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Delivered: Lemonaid from $15a monthOnline clinic: a visit, then mailed if it’s right for you · plus a $25 visit fee
- Pick up in store: Sam's Club See its pricePlus members only · $120 a yearFind the nearest store
From each pharmacy’s and clinic’s own site, read November 2, 2026. Confirm the price before you fill.
About these prices
Prices change, can differ by store and state, and may depend on the strength and how many you take. With insurance, ask what your plan charges; it can be less. Most online clinics don’t take insurance.
Regular genericWho makes it
7 companies sell a generic of Pravachol 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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Apotex10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mg
Has lactose · Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 1
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
10 mg Light Pink, round, 6 mm, marked “APO / PRA / 10”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 60505-0168-9 Bottle of 100 60505-0168-1 Bottle of 500 60505-0168-5 Bottle of 1000 60505-0168-7 Bottle of 40000 60505-0168-4 20 mg Off-white to light yellow, round, 7 mm, marked “APO / PRA / 20”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 60505-0169-9 Bottle of 100 60505-0169-1 Bottle of 500 60505-0169-5 Bottle of 1000 60505-0169-7 Bottle of 20000 60505-0169-2 40 mg Light green, round, 9 mm, marked “APO / PRA / 40”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 60505-0170-9 Bottle of 100 60505-0170-1 Bottle of 500 60505-0170-5 Bottle of 1000 60505-0170-7 Bottle of 9000 60505-0170-8 80 mg Off-white to light yellow, round, 11 mm, marked “APO / PRA / 80”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 60505-1323-9 Bottle of 100 60505-1323-1 Bottle of 500 60505-1323-5 Bottle of 1000 60505-1323-7 Bottle of 5000 60505-1323-8 Inactive ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, FD&C Blue No. 1
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Aurobindo Pharma10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mg
Has lactose · Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
10 mg Pink, round, 7 mm, marked “TEVA / 771”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 84386-031-90 Bottle of 1000 84386-031-99 20 mg Light-yellow, round, 8 mm, marked “TEVA / 7201”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 84386-032-90 Bottle of 1000 84386-032-99 40 mg Light-green, round, 10 mm, marked “TEVA / 7202”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 84386-033-90 Bottle of 1000 84386-033-99 80 mg Off-white to mottled grey, oval, 18 mm, marked “TEVA / 7270”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 84386-034-90 Bottle of 1000 84386-034-99 Inactive ingredients: anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, croscarmellose sodium, crospovidone (15 mpa.s at 5%), anhydrous lactose, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone k30, sodium stearyl fumarate, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, FD&C Blue No. 1, D&C Yellow No. 10, crospovidone (120 .mu.m), magnesium stearate
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Biocon Pharma10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mg
Has lactose
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
10 mg White to off white, rectangle, 7 mm, marked “B / 10”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 70377-045-11 Bottle of 90 70377-045-12 Bottle of 1000 70377-045-14 20 mg White to off-white, rectangle, 8 mm, marked “B / 20”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 70377-046-11 Bottle of 90 70377-046-12 Bottle of 1000 70377-046-14 40 mg White to off white colored, rectangle, 10 mm, marked “B / 40”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 70377-047-11 Bottle of 90 70377-047-12 Bottle of 1000 70377-047-14 80 mg White to off white, oval, 17 mm, marked “B / 80”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 70377-048-11 Bottle of 90 70377-048-12 Bottle of 500 70377-048-13 Inactive ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, magnesium oxide, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone
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Cipla10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mg
Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake · Made by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
10 mg Yellow, round, 6 mm, marked “G5 / 10”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 69097-788-05 Bottle of 500 69097-788-12 20 mg Yellow, rectangle, 8 mm, marked “G5 / 20”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 69097-789-05 Bottle of 500 69097-789-12 40 mg Green, rectangle, 10 mm, marked “G5 / 40”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 69097-791-05 Bottle of 500 69097-791-12 80 mg Yellow, oval, 18 mm, marked “G5 / 80”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 69097-792-05 Bottle of 500 69097-792-12 Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, crospovidone, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, mannitol, meglumine, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn, D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake
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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mg
Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1 · Being phased out; sold until January 2027
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
10 mg Yellow, round, 6 mm, marked “G5 / 10”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 68462-195-90 Bottle of 500 68462-195-05 20 mg Yellow, rectangle, 8 mm, marked “G5 / 20”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 68462-196-90 Bottle of 500 68462-196-05 40 mg Green, rectangle, 10 mm, marked “G5 / 40”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 68462-197-90 Bottle of 500 68462-197-05 80 mg Yellow, oval, 18 mm, marked “G5 / 80”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 68462-198-90 Bottle of 500 68462-198-05 Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, crospovidone (15 mpa.s at 5%), hypromellose, magnesium stearate, mannitol, meglumine, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn, D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1
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NorthStar Rx10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mg
Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1 · Made by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals · Being phased out; sold until June 2027
Product page on northstarrxllc.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
10 mg Yellow, round, 6 mm, marked “G5 / 10”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 16714-558-01 Bottle of 500 16714-558-02 20 mg Yellow, rectangle, 8 mm, marked “G5 / 20”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 16714-559-01 Bottle of 500 16714-559-02 40 mg Green, rectangle, 10 mm, marked “G5 / 40”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 16714-560-01 Bottle of 500 16714-560-02 80 mg Yellow, oval, 18 mm, marked “G5 / 80”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 16714-570-01 Bottle of 500 16714-570-02 Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, crospovidone (120 .mu.m), hypromellose, magnesium stearate, mannitol, meglumine, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn, D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1
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Teva Pharmaceuticals20 mg, 80 mg
Has lactose · Made by Aurobindo Pharma
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
20 mg Light-yellow, round, 8 mm, marked “TEVA / 7201”
Package NDC Bottle of 1000 0093-7201-10 80 mg Off-white to mottled grey, oval, 18 mm, marked “TEVA / 7270”
Package NDC Bottle of 90 0480-7270-98 Bottle of 1000 0480-7270-10 Inactive ingredients: anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, crospovidone (15 mpa.s at 5%), anhydrous lactose, cellulose, microcrystalline, povidone k30, croscarmellose sodium, sodium stearyl fumarate, ferric oxide yellow, crospovidone (120 .mu.m), magnesium stearate
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
- High cholesterol
- Lowering the risk of heart attack and stroke
- Slowing hardening of the heart arteries (atherosclerosis)
- High triglycerides
- High blood fats (dysbetalipoproteinemia)
What the FDA label says
Pravastatin sodium tablets are an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) indicated:
- To reduce the risk of myocardial infarction, myocardial revascularization procedures, and cardiovascular mortality in adults with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) without clinically evident coronary heart disease (CHD).
- To reduce the risk of coronary death, myocardial infarction, myocardial revascularization procedures, stroke or transient ischemic attack, and slow the progression of coronary atherosclerosis in adults with clinically evident CHD.
- As an adjunct to diet to reduce LDL-C in adults with primary hyperlipidemia.
- As an adjunct to diet to reduce LDL-C in pediatric patients ages 8 years and older with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).
- As an adjunct to diet for the treatment of adults with:
- Primary dysbetalipoproteinemia.
- Hypertriglyceridemia.
Source: the FDA label for Pravastatin Sodium (Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA), July 8, 2022. Full label on DailyMed
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/pravachol/