Silenor vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

From

$25.75 for 30 tablets delivered ($20.50 plus $5.25 shipping)

Generic doxepin from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.

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 doxepin. It comes by mail.

Need it today? From $31.21 for 30 tablets with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it. Get the free card and show it there.

See the price and get the card

Has to be Silenor? Currax Pharmaceuticals sells it for $115 or less a prescription without insurance.

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Silenor, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameSilenor

Authorized genericdoxepin

Regular genericdoxepin

What you’d pay

Cash price$115or less a prescription from the maker

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Silenor

From$25.75for 30 tablets at Cost Plus Drugs, with shipping

Same as Silenor?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s cash price

Silenor’s maker sells it at its own cash price.

SILENOR home delivery price (Zeal Specialty Pharmacy)

Cash price from Currax Pharmaceuticals

No insurance $115 or less a prescription

In the maker’s words

“Pay $99 or less for SILENOR® authorized generic or $115 or less for brand name + FREE SHIPPING.”

From the maker’s offer on silenor.com, checked November 2, 2026. Check the maker’s page for who can use it.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

The same medicine as Silenor, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

doxepin

Sold by

Currax PharmaceuticalsThe company behind Silenor

Your strength

NDC to ask for

3 mgtablet
- 44183-103-3011-digit: 44183-0103-3030 tablets per bottle
6 mgtablet
- 44183-106-3011-digit: 44183-0106-3030 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Silenor, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Currax Pharmaceuticals, and for a regular generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

Brand and authorized generic labels

Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).

3 mg tablet

Same active and inactive ingredients as Silenor.

Authorized generic package label from Currax Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericCurrax Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: doxepin hydrochloride 3 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

FD&C Blue No. 1
Magnesium stearate
Microcrystalline cellulose
Silicon dioxide

6 mg tablet

Same active and inactive ingredients as Silenor.

See the ingredients

Active: doxepin hydrochloride 6 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

D&C Yellow No. 10
FD&C Blue No. 1
Magnesium stearate
Microcrystalline cellulose
Silicon dioxide

Regular genericWhere to buy it

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

Pick up in storeDelivered

Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs from $20.50for 30 tablets3 mg $21.10 · 6 mg $20.50Plus $5.25 shipping
Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card from $31.21for 30 tablets3 mg $31.22 · 6 mg $31.21Free card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
Pick up in store: CVS Pharmacy + Optum Perks $42.30for 30 tablets3 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $98.59for 30 tablets3 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy $120.50for 30 tablets3 mg, 6 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

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

9 companies sell a generic of Silenor 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.

Actavis PharmaAll 2 strengths

Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 2--aluminum lake, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 6

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3 mg WHITE TO OFF-WHITE, round, 7 mm, marked “315”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 0228-3315-03

6 mg Gray, round, 7 mm, marked “316”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 0228-3316-03

Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, hypromelloses, magnesium stearate, cellulose, microcrystalline, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 400, FD&C Blue No. 2--aluminum lake, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 6, triacetin
FDA label
Ajanta PharmaAll 2 strengths

Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 2 aluminum lake

Product page on ajantapharmausa.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3 mg White, round, 6 mm, marked “D7”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 27241-280-30

6 mg Blue, round, 8 mm, marked “DX1”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 27241-281-30

Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, FD&C Blue No. 2 aluminum lake
FDA label
Archis PharmaAll 2 strengths

Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake · Made by RK Pharma

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3 mg Blue, round, 10 mm, marked “M / DI3”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 72819-161-03
Bottle of 100 72819-161-10
Bottle of 500 72819-161-11

6 mg Blue, round, 10 mm, marked “M / DI6”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 72819-162-03
Bottle of 100 72819-162-10
Bottle of 500 72819-162-11

Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, cellulose, microcrystalline, FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake
FDA label
Aurobindo PharmaAll 2 strengths

Product page on aurobindousa.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3 mg White to off white, oval, 8 mm, marked “DOET / 3”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 59651-844-30

6 mg White to off white, oval, 11 mm, marked “DOET / 6”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 59651-845-30

Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, starch, corn, povidone k30
FDA label
NorthStar RxAll 2 strengths

Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake · Made by RK Pharma · Being phased out; sold until February 2028

Product page on northstarrxllc.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3 mg Blue, round, 10 mm, marked “161”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 72603-222-01

6 mg Blue, round, 10 mm, marked “162”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 72603-223-01

Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, cellulose, microcrystalline, FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake
FDA label
Novadoz PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths

Has a dye: D&C Yellow No. 10 · Made by MSN Laboratories

Product page on novadozpharma.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3 mg White, oval, 5 mm, marked “134 / m”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 72205-052-30
Bottle of 100 72205-052-91
Bottle of 500 72205-052-05

6 mg Light yellow, oval, 5 mm, marked “135 / m”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 72205-053-30
Bottle of 100 72205-053-91
Bottle of 500 72205-053-05

Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, crospovidone (35 .mu.m), magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose 102, D&C Yellow No. 10
FDA label
Strides Pharma ScienceAll 2 strengths

Product page on stridespharmausa.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3 mg White, oval, 9 mm, marked “p / 012”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 64380-203-01
Bottle of 100 64380-203-02
Bottle of 500 64380-203-03

6 mg White, round, 9 mm, marked “p / 013”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 64380-204-01
Bottle of 100 64380-204-02
Bottle of 500 64380-204-03

Inactive ingredients: cellulose, microcrystalline, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, crospovidone (120 .mu.m)
FDA label
Sun Pharmaceutical IndustriesAll 2 strengths

Has lactose · Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake, D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake · Made by Taro Pharmaceutical Industries

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3 mg Blue, oval, 8 mm, marked “TS”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 51672-4246-2

6 mg Green, oval, 10 mm, marked “TS / 6”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 51672-4247-2

Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake, anhydrous lactose, D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake
FDA label
Viona PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths

Has lactose · Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 1, D&C Yellow No. 10 · Made by Zydus Lifesciences

Product page on vionausa.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3 mg LIGHT BLUE, round, 6 mm, marked “393”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 72578-181-06
Bottle of 90 72578-181-16
Bottle of 100 72578-181-01
Carton of 100 72578-181-77
Bottle of 500 72578-181-05
Bottle of 1000 72578-181-10

6 mg LIGHT GREEN, round, 6 mm, marked “394”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 72578-182-06
Bottle of 90 72578-182-16
Bottle of 100 72578-182-01
Carton of 100 72578-182-77
Bottle of 500 72578-182-05
Bottle of 1000 72578-182-10

Inactive ingredients: FD&C Blue No. 1, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, starch, corn, talc, D&C Yellow No. 10
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	0228-3315-03

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	0228-3316-03

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	27241-280-30

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	27241-281-30

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	72819-161-03
Bottle of 100	72819-161-10
Bottle of 500	72819-161-11

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	72819-162-03
Bottle of 100	72819-162-10
Bottle of 500	72819-162-11

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	59651-844-30

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	59651-845-30

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	72603-222-01

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	72603-223-01

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	72205-052-30
Bottle of 100	72205-052-91
Bottle of 500	72205-052-05

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	72205-053-30
Bottle of 100	72205-053-91
Bottle of 500	72205-053-05

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	64380-203-01
Bottle of 100	64380-203-02
Bottle of 500	64380-203-03

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	64380-204-01
Bottle of 100	64380-204-02
Bottle of 500	64380-204-03

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	51672-4246-2

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	51672-4247-2

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	72578-181-06
Bottle of 90	72578-181-16
Bottle of 100	72578-181-01
Carton of 100	72578-181-77
Bottle of 500	72578-181-05
Bottle of 1000	72578-181-10

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	72578-182-06
Bottle of 90	72578-182-16
Bottle of 100	72578-182-01
Carton of 100	72578-182-77
Bottle of 500	72578-182-05
Bottle of 1000	72578-182-10

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What it’s used for

Insomnia with trouble staying asleep

What the FDA label says

SILENOR (doxepin) tablets are indicated for the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulties with sleep maintenance.

Source: the FDA label for Silenor (Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC), April 21, 2026. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Silenor (color, shape, or markings). That’s normal for an authorized generic.
If your prescription says “dispense as written,” the pharmacy needs your prescriber’s OK to give you the authorized generic.
Cash prices can differ a lot from one pharmacy to the next, so it can pay to ask two. With insurance, what you pay depends on your plan.
If your pharmacy doesn’t stock it, they can often order it within a day or two.
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/silenor/