TobraDex vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic tobramycin and dexamethasone

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic tobramycin and dexamethasone.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 TobraDex, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameTobraDex

Authorized generictobramycin and dexamethasone

Regular generictobramycin and dexamethasone

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than TobraDex

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Same as TobraDex?

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 TobraDex’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for TobraDex’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

tobramycin and dexamethasone

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SandozThe company behind TobraDex

NDC to ask for

0.3% / 0.1%suspension drops
- 61314-647-0511-digit: 61314-0647-055 mL per bottle
- 61314-647-1011-digit: 61314-0647-1010 mL per bottle
- 61314-647-2511-digit: 61314-0647-252.5 mL per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my TobraDex, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Sandoz (NDC 61314-647-05), 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).

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

Authorized generic package label from Sandoz — Authorized genericSandoz

See the ingredients

Active: tobramycin 0.3% · dexamethasone 0.1%

Inactive:

Benzalkonium chloride
Edetate disodium
Hydroxyethyl cellulose
Sodium chloride
Sodium hydroxide
Sodium sulfate
Sulfuric acid
Tyloxapol
Water

Regular genericWho makes it

2 companies sell a generic of TobraDex 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.

Bausch & Lomb0.3% / 0.1%

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

0.3% / 0.1%

Package NDC
Carton of 2.5 mL 24208-295-25
Carton of 5 mL 24208-295-05
Carton of 10 mL 24208-295-10

Inactive ingredients: edetate disodium, hydroxyethyl cellulose (2000 mpa.s at 1%), water, sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, tyloxapol, sulfuric acid, sodium hydroxide, benzalkonium chloride
FDA label
Padagis0.3% / 0.1%

Product page on padagis.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

0.3% / 0.1%

Package NDC
Carton of 2.5 mL 0574-4031-25
Carton of 5 mL 0574-4031-05
Carton of 10 mL 0574-4031-10

Inactive ingredients: benzalkonium chloride, edetate disodium, hydroxyethyl cellulose (2000 mpa.s at 1%), water, sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, sulfuric acid, sodium hydroxide, tyloxapol
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 2.5 mL	24208-295-25
Carton of 5 mL	24208-295-05
Carton of 10 mL	24208-295-10

Package	NDC
Carton of 2.5 mL	0574-4031-25
Carton of 5 mL	0574-4031-05
Carton of 10 mL	0574-4031-10

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

Eye inflammation with a bacterial infection or risk of one

What the FDA label says

INDICATIONS AND USAGE: TOBRADEX (tobramycin and dexamethasone ophthalmic ointment) is indicated for steroid-responsive inflammatory ocular conditions for which a corticosteroid is indicated and where superficial bacterial ocular infection or a risk of bacterial ocular infection exists.

Ocular steroids are indicated in inflammatory conditions of the palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva, cornea and anterior segment of the globe where the inherent risk of steroid use in certain infective conjunctivitides is accepted to obtain a diminution in edema and inflammation. They are also indicated in chronic anterior uveitis and corneal injury from chemical, radiation or thermal burns, or penetration of foreign bodies.

The use of a combination drug with an anti-infective component is indicated where the risk of superficial ocular infection is high or where there is an expectation that potentially dangerous numbers of bacteria will be present in the eye.

The particular anti-infective drug in this product is active against the following common bacterial eye pathogens:

Staphylococci, including S. aureus and S. epidermidis (coagulase-positive and coagulase-negative), including penicillin-resistant strains.

Streptococci, including some of the Group A-beta-hemolytic species, some nonhemolytic species, and some Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Proteus mirabilis, Morganella morganii, most Proteus vulgaris strains, Haemophilus influenzae and H. aegyptius, Moraxella lacunata, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and some Neisseria species.

Source: the FDA label for TobraDex (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation), July 22, 2026. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from TobraDex (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/tobradex/