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Generic fluocinolone acetonide

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic fluocinolone acetonide.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 Synalar, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameSynalar
Authorized genericfluocinolone acetonide
Regular genericfluocinolone acetonide
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
Same as Synalar?
The original
Same medicine
Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

Synalar’s maker has a savings card that lowers what you pay at the pharmacy.

Medimetriks Patient Savings (instant rebate card)

Savings card from Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals

Synalar’s maker has a savings program. Its page doesn’t list a dollar amount.

Sign up on medimetriks.com 

From the maker’s site, checked November 2, 2026. Check the maker’s page for who can use it.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

fluocinolone acetonide

Sold by
  • ANI Pharmaceuticals
Your strength
NDC to ask for
  • 0.01%cream
    • 62559-288-1511-digit: 62559-0288-1515 g per tube
    • 62559-288-6011-digit: 62559-0288-6060 g per tube
  • 0.025%cream
    • 62559-289-1511-digit: 62559-0289-1515 g per tube
    • 62559-289-6011-digit: 62559-0289-6060 g per tube
  • 0.025%ointment
    • 62559-299-1511-digit: 62559-0299-1515 g per tube
    • 62559-299-6011-digit: 62559-0299-6060 g per tube

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Synalar, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from ANI 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).

0.01% cream

Synalar doesn’t come in this strength, so there’s no brand label to compare.

Authorized genericANI Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: fluocinolone acetonide 0.01%

Inactive:

  • Anhydrous citric acid
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene
  • Cetyl alcohol
  • Dimethicone 350
  • Edetate disodium
  • Methylparaben
  • Mineral oil
  • Polyoxyl 20 cetostearyl ether
  • Propylene glycol
  • Propylparaben
  • Silicon dioxide
  • Stearyl alcohol
  • Water
  • White wax

0.025% cream

Same active and inactive ingredients as Synalar.

BrandSynalar
Authorized genericANI Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: fluocinolone acetonide 0.025%

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Anhydrous citric acid
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene
  • Cetyl alcohol
  • Dimethicone 350
  • Edetate disodium
  • Methylparaben
  • Mineral oil
  • Polyoxyl 20 cetostearyl ether
  • Propylene glycol
  • Propylparaben
  • Silicon dioxide
  • Stearyl alcohol
  • Water
  • White wax

0.025% ointment

Same active and inactive ingredients as Synalar.

BrandSynalar
Authorized genericANI Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: fluocinolone acetonide 0.025%

Inactive, on both labels:

  • White petrolatum

Regular genericWho makes it

4 companies sell a generic of Synalar 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.

  • Cosette PharmaceuticalsCream 0.01%, 0.025% · Ointment 0.025%
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.01%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 15 g0713-0223-15
    Carton of 60 g0713-0223-60

    0.025%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 15 g0713-0224-15
    Carton of 60 g0713-0224-60

    0.025%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 15 g0713-0709-15
    Carton of 60 g0713-0709-60

    Inactive ingredients: mineral oil, lanolin alcohols, isopropyl palmitate, propylene glycol stearate, cetyl alcohol, sorbitan monostearate, polysorbate 60, sorbic acid, polyoxyl 40 stearate, water, propylene glycol, propylparaben, methylparaben, light mineral oil, petrolatum, butylated hydroxytoluene, anhydrous citric acid, edetate disodium, polyoxyl 20 cetostearyl ether, dimethicone, stearyl alcohol, white wax

    FDA label

  • Encube EthicalsSolution 0.01%
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.01%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 60 mL21922-003-01

    Inactive ingredients: anhydrous citric acid, propylene glycol

    FDA label

  • Fougera PharmaceuticalsSolution 0.01% · Ointment 0.025%
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.01%

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 60 mL0168-0059-60

    0.025%

    PackageNDC
    Tube of 15 g0168-0064-15
    Tube of 60 g0168-0064-60

    Inactive ingredients: propylene glycol, citric acid monohydrate, petrolatum

    FDA label

  • Sun Pharmaceutical IndustriesSolution 0.01%
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.01%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 20 mL51672-1365-2
    Carton of 60 mL51672-1365-4

    Inactive ingredients: citric acid monohydrate, propylene glycol

    FDA label

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

What the FDA label says

SYNALAR® Cream is indicated for the relief of the inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteriod-responsive dermatoses.

Source: the FDA label for Synalar (Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), July 18, 2024. Full label on DailyMed 

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