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Generic risperidone

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameRisperdal Consta
Authorized genericrisperidone
Regular genericrisperidone
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually less than Risperdal Consta
Same as Risperdal Consta?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

J&J withMe Savings Program

Savings card from Johnson & Johnson (Janssen)

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance · as little as $10 a dose

The card takes up to $5,500 a year off your co-pay.

Sign up on jnjwithme.com 

Or call 1-833-742-0791.

In the maker’s words

“Eligible patients pay $10 per dose.”

From the maker’s offer on jnjwithme.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Maker’s card or discount card?

A discount card like GoodRx lowers the pharmacy’s cash price, but for a brand-name drug that price often stays high. Compare it with the maker’s card above. You can usually use one or the other on a fill, not both.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Risperdal Consta 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 genericMakers and their savings cards

3 companies sell a generic of Risperdal Consta that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. One of them has its own savings card, listed first. It works only with that maker’s version. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

  • Lupin Pharmaceuticals

    Made by Nanomi

    Lupin Co-pay Savings Card: Risperidone for Extended-Release Injectable Suspension (generic Risperdal Consta)

    With commercial insurance as little as $10

    Sign up on lupin.com

    In the maker’s words

    “A commercially insured patient with plan coverage for risperidone extended release injectable may pay as little as $10…”

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    PackageNDC
    Box * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 170748-270-13

    PackageNDC
    Box * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 170748-271-13

    PackageNDC
    Box * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 170748-272-13

    Inactive ingredients: dl-lactide and glycolide (75:25) copolymer 20000 acid, anhydrous citric acid, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, polysorbate 20, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, sodium phosphate dibasic dihydrate, water

    FDA label

  • Amneal Pharmaceuticals
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    PackageNDC
    Carton * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 170121-2625-5

    PackageNDC
    Carton * 2 ml in 1 syringe * 2 ml in 1 vial of 170121-2626-5

    PackageNDC
    Carton * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 170121-2627-5

    PackageNDC
    Carton * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 170121-2628-5

    Inactive ingredients: anhydrous citric acid, sodium phosphate, dibasic, dihydrate, polysorbate 20, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, water

    FDA label

  • Teva Pharmaceuticals

    Product page on tevausa.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    PackageNDC
    Carton * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 10480-1232-08

    PackageNDC
    Carton * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 10480-1342-08

    PackageNDC
    Carton * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 10480-1453-08

    PackageNDC
    Carton * 2 ml in 1 vial * 2 ml in 1 syringe of 10480-1554-08

    Inactive ingredients: poly(dl-lactic-co-glycolic acid), (75:25; 9500 mw), anhydrous citric acid, sodium phosphate, dibasic, dihydrate, polysorbate 20, carboxymethylcellulose sodium form, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, water

    FDA label

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Risperdal Consta, 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

RISPERDAL CONSTA is an atypical antipsychotic indicated:

  • for the treatment of schizophrenia.
  • as monotherapy or as adjunctive therapy to lithium or valproate for the maintenance treatment of Bipolar I Disorder.

Source: the FDA label for Risperdal Consta (Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), November 5, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

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