How to pay the least
Lowest without a membership
$58.17 for 30 capsules delivered ($52.92 plus $5.25 shipping)
Generic zidovudine 100 mg from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail
- 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 zidovudine 100 mg. It comes by mail.
With a membership $41.30 for 30 capsules from Amazon Pharmacy, by mail ($139 a year).
Open Amazon PharmacyA regular generic has the same active ingredient as Retrovir, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
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Details for each option
Brand nameNo maker’s card
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Retrovir’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Retrovir’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Retrovir 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.
Regular genericWhere to buy it
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic zidovudine, lowest first.
Delivered
- Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy $41.30for 30 capsules100 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: Cost Plus Drugs $52.92for 30 capsules100 mgPlus $5.25 shipping
From each pharmacy’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.
Regular genericWho makes it
One company sells a generic of Retrovir 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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Aurobindo PharmaSyrup 10 mg/mL · Capsule 100 mg
Product page on aurobindousa.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
10 mg/mL Colourless to Pale Yellow
Package NDC Bottle of 240 mL 65862-048-24 100 mg White, capsule, 16 mm, marked “D / 01”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 65862-107-01 Carton of 100 65862-107-10 Inactive ingredients: sodium benzoate, anhydrous citric acid, glycerin, sucrose, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, magnesium stearate, ferrosoferric oxide, shellac, titanium dioxide, sodium lauryl sulfate, gelatin
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 Retrovir, 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
RETROVIR is a nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor indicated for:
- Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) infection in combination with other antiretroviral agents.
- Prevention of maternal-fetal HIV-1 transmission.
Source: the FDA label for Retrovir (ViiV Healthcare Company), November 13, 2024. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Retrovir. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Retrovir’s maker.
- Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/retrovir/