Sovuna

Generic name: hydroxychloroquine

Used for: Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus) · Rheumatoid arthritis · Discoid lupus (lupus of the skin) · Malaria · Preventing malaria · 4 more

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Lowest posted price

$15 a month

Sovuna from ANI Pharmaceuticals, without insurance.

  1. Sign up for Established Brands Preferred Pharmacy Network / Sovuna copay card / ANI Cash-Discount Direct Program. Or call 1-800-434-1121.Sign up on sovunahcq.com 

Sold only in a different form, strength or formula. Switching to one would need a new prescription, so ask your prescriber whether it could work for you.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameSovuna
Authorized generichydroxychloroquine
Regular generichydroxychloroquine
What you’d pay
Cash price$15a month from the maker
Not soldThere isn’t one
Other forms onlyAsk your doctor
Same as Sovuna?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

Established Brands Preferred Pharmacy Network / Sovuna copay card / ANI Cash-Discount Direct Program

Savings card from ANI Pharmaceuticals

No insurance $15 a month
Insurance $15 or less a month

The card takes up to $3,816 a year off your co-pay.

Sign up on sovunahcq.com 

Or call 1-800-434-1121.

In the maker’s words

“Established Brands Preferred Pharmacy Network: Patients covered through commercial insurance may pay no more than $15 for a 30-day supply of Sovuna at any pharmacy in the Established Brands Preferred Pharmacy Network.”

“ANI Cash-Discount Direct Program: Any eligible patient with a valid prescription for Sovuna may opt to take advantage of the ANI Cash-Discount Direct Program, which provides patients with access to Sovuna for $15 per 30 days when filled as a 90-day prescription.”

From the maker’s offer on sovunahcq.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 price above. You can usually use one or the other on a fill, not both.

Brand nameWith a free discount coupon

Optum Perks, Optum’s free discount coupon, lists these prices for Sovuna without insurance. Show the coupon from its page at the pharmacy; it can’t be used with insurance.

From Optum Perks, read November 2, 2026, with no location set. Its page opens on this dose; other doses and pharmacies near you are priced there too. With insurance, check your co-pay first: it may be lower.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Sovuna itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Sovuna is the only choice; its maker’s savings card can lower what you pay.

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Sold only in a different form, strength or formula. Switching to one would need a new prescription, so ask your prescriber whether it could work for you. Generics usually come once the brand’s patents and exclusivity end. Until then, the maker’s savings card is the way to pay less.

See the brand name →

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

SOVUNA is an antimalarial and antirheumatic indicated for the:

  • Treatment of uncomplicated malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium vivax in adult and pediatric patients.
  • Prophylaxis of malaria in geographic areas where chloroquine resistance is not reported in adult and pediatric patients.
  • Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in adults.
  • Treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults.
  • Treatment of chronic discoid lupus erythematosus in adults.

Limitations of Use:

SOVUNA is not recommended for the:

  • Treatment of complicated malaria.
  • Treatment of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium species.
  • Treatment of malaria acquired in geographic areas where chloroquine resistance occurs or when the Plasmodium species has not been identified.
  • Prophylaxis of malaria in geographic areas where chloroquine resistance occurs.
  • Prevention of relapses of P. vivax or P. ovale because it is not active against the hypnozoite liver stage forms of these parasites. For radical cure of P. vivax and P. ovale infections, concomitant therapy with an 8-aminoquinoline drug is necessary.

Source: the FDA label for Sovuna (ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), October 8, 2024. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/sovuna/