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How to pay the least

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$19.90 for 30 tablets delivered ($14.90 plus $5 shipping)

Generic risperidone from Optum Perks, by mail. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.

  1. Make a free account on perks.optum.com. Ask your prescriber to send the prescription there, or Optum Perks can transfer it.Open Optum Perks 
  2. Order generic risperidone. It comes by mail.

Need it today? From $22.56 for 30 tablets at CVS with the free Optum Perks coupon. Show the free coupon there. It can’t be used with insurance.

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A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Risperdal M-Tab, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameRisperdal M-Tab
Authorized genericrisperidone
Regular genericrisperidone
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
From$19.90for 30 tablets at Optum Perks, with shipping
Same as Risperdal M-Tab?
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 Risperdal M-Tab’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Risperdal M-Tab’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Risperdal M-Tab 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 genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic risperidone, lowest first.

Pick up in storeDelivered

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

3 companies sell a generic of Risperdal M-Tab 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.

  • Amici PharmaAll 5 strengths

    Made by Pharmazone

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.5 mg White, capsule, 7 mm, marked “R5”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3069292-571-30

    1 mg White, capsule, 9 mm, marked “R1”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2869292-572-28

    2 mg White, capsule, 13 mm, marked “R2”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2869292-573-28

    3 mg White, round, 9 mm, marked “R3”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2869292-574-28

    4 mg White, square, 8 mm, marked “R4”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2869292-575-28

    Inactive ingredients: aspartame, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, mannitol, microcrystalline cellulose, guar gum, sodium lauryl sulfate, polacrilin potassium, peppermint

    FDA label

  • Jubilant CadistaAll 5 strengths

    Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 6

    Product page on cadista.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.5 mg Yellow, round, 7 mm, marked “C / 01”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2859746-010-22
    Carton of 3059746-010-32

    1 mg White, round, 7 mm, marked “C / 02”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2859746-020-22
    Carton of 3059746-020-32

    2 mg Blue, round, 7 mm, marked “C / 03”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2859746-030-22

    3 mg Orange, round, 7 mm, marked “C / 04”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2859746-040-22

    4 mg Pink, round, 7 mm, marked “C / 05”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2859746-050-22

    Inactive ingredients: magnesium aluminometasilicate type i-a, aspartame, silicon dioxide, hydroxypropyl cellulose, low substituted, sodium stearyl fumarate, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate - butyl methacrylate - methyl methacrylate copolymer, talc, sodium lauryl sulfate, acesulfame potassium, mannitol, sodium chloride, peppermint, ferric oxide yellow, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 6, ferric oxide red

    FDA label

  • Par HealthAll 5 strengths

    Made by PH Health

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.5 mg White, round, 8 mm, marked “P / 311”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2849884-311-91
    Carton of 3049884-311-55

    1 mg White, round, 9 mm, marked “P / 315”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2849884-315-91
    Carton of 3049884-315-55

    2 mg White, round, 13 mm, marked “P / 401”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2849884-401-91

    3 mg White, round, 14 mm, marked “P / 402”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2849884-402-91

    4 mg White, round, 16 mm, marked “P / 403”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 2849884-403-91

    Inactive ingredients: aspartame, croscarmellose sodium, crospovidone, magnesium stearate, mannitol, silicon dioxide, sorbitol, talc, tartaric acid

    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 Risperdal M-Tab, 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 is an atypical antipsychotic indicated for:

  • Treatment of schizophrenia
  • As monotherapy or adjunctive therapy with lithium or valproate, for the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes associated with Bipolar I Disorder
  • Treatment of irritability associated with autistic disorder

Source: the FDA label for Risperdal M-Tab (Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), May 28, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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