Generic name: cyclosporine
Used for: Preventing rejection of a kidney, liver or heart transplant · Chronic transplant rejection · 1 more
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$145.10 for 30 capsules
Generic cyclosporine with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.
With a membership From $45.80 for 30 capsules from Amazon Pharmacy, by mail ($139 a year).
Open Amazon PharmacyA regular generic has the same active ingredient as Sandimmune, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Details for each option
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Sandimmune’s maker has a savings program. Its page doesn’t list a dollar amount.
Sign up on copay.
Or call 1-866-972-3008.
From the maker’s site, checked November 2, 2026. Check the maker’s page for who can use it.
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Sandimmune 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.
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic cyclosporine, lowest first.
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From each pharmacy’s own site, read November 2, 2026. Confirm the price before you fill.
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.
One company sells a generic of Sandimmune 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.
Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Red No. 40
25 mg Brown, capsule, 14 mm, marked “APO / 133 / 25”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 60505-0133-0 |
100 mg Brown, capsule, 18 mm, marked “APO / 134 / 100”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 60505-0134-0 |
Inactive ingredients: methyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulfate, talc, gelatin, ferric oxide red, titanium dioxide, butyl alcohol, D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Red No. 40, propylene glycol, alcohol, ferrosoferric oxide
The FDA doesn’t rate AbbVie, Avet Pharmaceuticals and Teva Pharmaceuticals’s versions of cyclosporine a substitute for Sandimmune, so a pharmacy can’t swap them in without your prescriber’s OK.
Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.
“Before you fill my Sandimmune, 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.
Sandimmune capsules and Sandimmune injection, in combination with adrenal corticosteroids, are indicated for the:
Because of the risk of anaphylaxis, Sandimmune injection should be reserved for patients who are unable to take the Sandimmune capsules.
Source: the FDA label for Sandimmune (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation), July 10, 2026. Full label on DailyMed
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/sandimmune/