Thiola vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Posted for 90 tablets

$602 for 90 tablets

Generic tiopronin 100 mg at Walgreens with the free Optum Perks coupon. That’s its price for 90 tablets; ask what 30 tablets cost there.

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Show the coupon and ask for generic tiopronin 100 mg. It can’t be used with insurance.

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

Compare every option

Brand nameThiola

Authorized generictiopronin

Regular generictiopronin

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Thiola

Cash priceNot posted90 tablets: $602 at Walgreens + Optum Perks

Same as Thiola?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

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

THIOLA/THIOLA EC Total Care HUB

Savings card from Travere Therapeutics (THIOLA and THIOLA EC are trademarks of Mission Pharmacal Company)

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.

Insurance $0 a fill

Or call 1-844-484-4652.

In the maker’s words

“$0 copay for eligible, commercially insured patients, reimbursement support, and information on patient assistance programs are available for other insurance carriers.”

From the maker’s offer on thiolaechcp.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

tiopronin

Sold by

BioComp Pharma

NDC to ask for

100 mgsugar-coated tablet
- 44523-053-0111-digit: 44523-0053-01100 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Thiola, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from BioComp Pharma (NDC 44523-053-01), 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).

Same active ingredient. A few inactive ingredients are listed differently (below). Ask your pharmacist if that matters for you, for example with an allergy.

Authorized generic package label from BioComp Pharma — Authorized genericBioComp Pharma

See the ingredients

Active: tiopronin 100 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

Aluminum oxide
FD&C Red No. 40
Hydroxypropyl cellulose
Povidone

Only on the authorized generic’s label: Calcium carbonate, Carnauba wax, Dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate - butyl methacrylate - methyl methacrylate copolymer, Ethylcelluloses, Lactose, Magnesium silicate, Magnesium stearate, Sucrose, Titanium dioxide

Regular genericWhere to buy it

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

Pick up in store

Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $602for 90 tablets100 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store

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 genericMakers and their savings cards

One company sells a generic of Thiola that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. It has its own savings card, and it works only with its version. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

It’s mostly filled by specialty pharmacies. Your prescriber’s office or insurer can tell you which one to use.

Teva Pharmaceuticals100 mg

Has lactose

Teva Tiopronin Tablets savings card

With commercial insurance as little as $0

Print the card (PDF)

Or call 1-844-248-7949. See the offer on tevausa.com

In the maker’s words
“Commercially insured patients may pay as little as $0 out of pocket for Teva’s Tiopronin Tablets.”

Product page on tevausa.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

100 mg White to off-white, round, 9 mm, marked “W”

Package NDC
Bottle of 100 0093-7909-01

Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, starch, corn, ethylcellulose (7 mpa.s), hydroxypropyl cellulose (90000 wamw), lactose monohydrate, low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose (11% hydroxypropyl; 130000 mw), magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, stearic acid, glyceryl monocaprylocaprate, glyceryl monostearate, hypromellose 2910 (5 mpa.s), medium-chain triglycerides, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol 3350, sodium lauryl sulfate, sucrose, talc, ammonia, ferrosoferric oxide, propylene glycol, shellac
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 100	0093-7909-01

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

What it’s used for

Preventing cystine kidney stones (cystinuria)

What the FDA label says

-------------------------------------------INDICATIONS AND USAGE-----------------------------------------

THIOLA is a reducing and complexing thiol indicated, in combination with high fluid intake, alkali, and diet modification, for the prevention of cystine stone formation in adults and pediatric patients 20 kg and greater with severe homozygous cystinuria, who are not responsive to these measures alone.

Source: the FDA label for Thiola (Mission Pharmacal Company), August 27, 2026. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Thiola (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/thiola/