Rhofade

Generic name: oxymetazoline

Used for: Facial redness from rosacea

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic oxymetazoline

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

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

Compare every option

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

Authorized genericNot sold

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

See the regular generic →

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Rhofade 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.

  • Sun Pharmaceutical Industries1%
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    1% White

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 30 g51672-1405-2
    Carton of 60 g51672-1405-3

    Inactive ingredients: butylated hydroxytoluene, ceteareth-6, stearyl alcohol, ceteareth-25, cetostearyl alcohol, anhydrous citric acid, diisopropyl adipate, edetate disodium, lanolin, medium-chain triglycerides, methylparaben, oleyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, polyethylene glycol 300, polysorbate 60, propylparaben, water, trisodium citrate dihydrate, sorbitan monostearate

    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 Rhofade, 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

Oxymetazoline Hydrochloride Cream is an alpha1A adrenoceptor agonist indicated for the topical treatment of persistent facial erythema associated with rosacea in adults.

Source: the FDA label for Rhofade (Mayne Pharma), July 13, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

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