Qdolo vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Authorized generic

Qdolo itself, without the brand name. It usually costs less than Qdolo.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of Qdolo’s authorized generic. Its NDC is on this page; the pharmacy may need to order it.See its NDC
Ask for Qdolo’s cash price too, and pick the lower one.

Sold only in a different form, strength or formula. Switching to one would need a new prescription, so ask your prescriber whether it could work for you.

Compare every option

Brand nameQdolo

Authorized generictramadol

Regular generictramadol

What you’d pay

Not soldNo longer sold

Cash priceAsk the pharmacy

Other forms onlyAsk your doctor

Same as Qdolo?

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Same medicine

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Brand nameNot sold

Qdolo 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 Qdolo, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

tramadol

Sold by

TruPharma

NDC to ask for

5 mg/mLsolution
- 52817-615-1611-digit: 52817-0615-16473 mL per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Qdolo, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from TruPharma (NDC 52817-615-16)?”

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).

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

Authorized generic package label from TruPharma — Authorized genericTruPharma

See the ingredients

Active: tramadol hydrochloride 5 mg/mL

Inactive:

Citric acid monohydrate
Glycerin
Propylene glycol
Sodium benzoate
Sucralose
Trisodium citrate dihydrate
Water

Regular genericNot sold

Sold only in a different form, strength or formula. Switching to one would need a new prescription, so ask your prescriber whether it could work for you. Generics usually come once the brand’s patents and exclusivity end. Until then, the authorized generic is the lower-cost way to get Qdolo.

See the authorized generic →

What it’s used for

Severe pain that needs an opioid

What the FDA label says

Tramadol hydrochloride oral solution is an opioid agonist indicated in adults for the management of pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate.

Limitations of Use Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse with opioids, even at recommended doses, reserve tramadol hydrochloride oral solution for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options [e.g., non-opioid analgesics]:

Have not been tolerated or are not expected to be tolerated.
Have not provided adequate analgesia, or are not expected to provide adequate analgesia.

Source: the FDA label for Tramadol Hydrochloride (TruPharma, LLC), January 25, 2023. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Qdolo (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/qdolo/