Quartette vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol.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 Quartette, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameQuartette

Authorized genericlevonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol

Regular genericlevonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol

What you’d pay

Not soldNo longer sold

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Quartette

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Same as Quartette?

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Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNot sold

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

levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol

Sold by

Teva PharmaceuticalsThe company behind QuartetteSold under the name Rivelsa

NDC to ask for

0.15 mg / 0.02–0.03 mg + 0.01 mgkit
- 0093-6031-8211-digit: 00093-6031-822 pouches per carton

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Quartette, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Teva Pharmaceuticals (NDC 0093-6031-82), 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).

Quartette 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 Teva Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericTeva Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: levonorgestrel 0.15 mg · ethinyl estradiol 0.02 mg · levonorgestrel 0.15 mg · ethinyl estradiol 0.025 mg · levonorgestrel 0.15 mg · ethinyl estradiol 0.03 mg · ethinyl estradiol 0.01 mg

Inactive:

Anhydrous lactose
D&C Red No. 27
D&C Yellow No. 10
FD&C Blue No. 1
FD&C Blue No. 2
FD&C Yellow No. 6
Hypromellose 2208
Hypromellose 2910
Hypromellose 2910
Hypromellose
Indigotindisulfonate sodium
Lactose monohydrate
Magnesium stearate
Microcrystalline cellulose
Polacrilin potassium
Polyethylene glycol 400
Polyethylene glycol
Polysorbate 80
Titanium dioxide
Triacetin

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Quartette 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.

Xiromed

Has lactose · Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 6 · Sold as Rosyrah

Product page on xiromed.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

White to off-white and Peach and Bluish Green and yellow, round, 6 mm, marked “72 / 73 / 74 / 65”

Package NDC
Carton of 1 70700-312-87

Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, polacrilin potassium, magnesium stearate, FD&C Yellow No. 6, D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1, anhydrous lactose, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone k25, .alpha.-tocopherol, dl-
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 1	70700-312-87

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

Preventing pregnancy (birth control)

What the FDA label says

Rosyrah is a combination of levonorgestrel, a progestin, and ethinyl estradiol, an estrogen, indicated for use by females of reproductive potential to prevent pregnancy.

Source: the FDA label for Rosyrah (Xiromed, LLC), November 10, 2025. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Quartette (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/quartette/