Taclonex vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic calcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic calcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate.Find pharmacies near you
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 Taclonex, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameTaclonex

Authorized genericcalcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate

Regular genericcalcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Taclonex

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Same as Taclonex?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Taclonex’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Taclonex’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

calcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate

Sold by

Prasco LaboratoriesMade by LEO Pharma, the company behind Taclonex

NDC to ask for

0.005% / 0.064%ointment
- 66993-938-6111-digit: 66993-0938-6160 g per tube
- 66993-938-6511-digit: 66993-0938-65100 g per tube

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Taclonex, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Prasco Laboratories (NDC 66993-938-61), 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).

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

Authorized generic package label from Prasco Laboratories — Authorized genericPrasco Laboratories

See the ingredients

Active: calcipotriene monohydrate 50 mcg/g · betamethasone dipropionate 0.5 mg/g

Inactive:

dl-alpha-tocopherol
Butylated hydroxytoluene
Mineral oil
Petrolatum
Polypropylene glycol 11 stearyl ether

Regular genericWho makes it

3 companies sell a generic of Taclonex 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 PharmaceuticalsSuspension 0.5 mg/g / 50 mcg/g

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

0.5 mg/g / 50 mcg/g

Package NDC
Carton of 60 g 0713-0848-60
Carton of 120 g 0713-0848-92

Inactive ingredients: hydrogenated castor oil, mineral oil, ppg-11 stearyl ether
FDA label
PadagisOintment 50 mcg/g / 0.643 mg/g

Product page on padagis.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

50 mcg/g / 0.643 mg/g

Package NDC
Carton of 60 g 45802-816-96
Carton of 100 g 45802-816-01

Inactive ingredients: mineral oil, polypropylene glycol 15 stearyl ether, .alpha.-tocopherol, dl-, petrolatum
FDA label
Sun Pharmaceutical IndustriesSuspension 50 mcg/g / 50 mg/g

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

50 mcg/g / 50 mg/g White

Package NDC
Carton of 60 g 51672-1402-4
Carton of 120 g 51672-1402-8

Inactive ingredients: hydrogenated castor oil, mineral oil, ppg-11 stearyl ether, .alpha.-tocopherol, dl-, butylated hydroxytoluene
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 60 g	0713-0848-60
Carton of 120 g	0713-0848-92

Package	NDC
Carton of 60 g	45802-816-96
Carton of 100 g	45802-816-01

Package	NDC
Carton of 60 g	51672-1402-4
Carton of 120 g	51672-1402-8

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

Plaque psoriasis

What the FDA label says

Taclonex Topical Suspension is a combination of calcipotriene, a vitamin D analog, and betamethasone dipropionate, a corticosteroid, indicated for the topical treatment of plaque psoriasis of the scalp and body in patients 12 years and older.

Source: the FDA label for Taclonex (LEO Pharma Inc.), November 30, 2017. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Taclonex (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 change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/taclonex/