Trental vs. its authorized generic and generics

How many

Match the strength and how many to your prescription label.

How to pay the least

Lowest price

$14 a month

Generic pentoxifylline 400 mg from Rx Outreach, by mail

Make a free account on rxoutreach.org, and ask your prescriber to send the prescription there. Already sent to a pharmacy? Rx Outreach can ask that pharmacy to transfer it.Open Rx Outreach
Order generic pentoxifylline 400 mg: $14 a month. It comes by mail.

Need it today? $17.35 for 30 tablets with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it. Get the free card, then show it at a pharmacy that takes it.

See the price and get the card

For 3 months at a time $30 for a 90-day supply from Rx Outreach, by mail. Ask your prescriber to write it for 90 days.

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

Compare every option

Brand nameTrental

Authorized genericpentoxifylline

Regular genericpentoxifylline

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Trental

Lowest$14for 30 tablets at Rx Outreach

Same as Trental?

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

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

pentoxifylline

Sold by

Advagen Pharma Ltd

NDC to ask for

400 mgtablet
- 72888-268-0111-digit: 72888-0268-0130 tablets per bottle
- 72888-268-0211-digit: 72888-0268-02100 tablets per bottle
- 72888-268-0311-digit: 72888-0268-03500 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 9, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Trental, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Advagen Pharma Ltd (NDC 72888-268-01), 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).

Trental is sold under its generic name, so there’s no separate brand label to compare. Here’s its label.

Authorized generic package label from Advagen Pharma Ltd — Authorized genericAdvagen Pharma Ltd

See the ingredients

Active: pentoxifylline 400 mg

Inactive:

FD&C Red No. 3
Hydroxyethyl cellulose
Hypromellose
Magnesium stearate
Polyethylene glycol
Povidone
Talc
Titanium dioxide

Regular genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic pentoxifylline, lowest first. Any of them can fill your prescription.

Pick up in storeDelivered

Delivered: Rx Outreach $14a month400 mg90-day supply: $30Free delivery
Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card $17.35for 30 tablets400 mgFree card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
Pick up in store: Costco $36.79for 60 tablets400 mgMembers only · $65 a yearFind the nearest store
Delivered: Costco $39.78for 60 tablets400 mgMembers only · $65 a year · Plus shipping
Pick up in store: Sam's Club See its pricePlus members only · $120 a yearFind the nearest store

From each pharmacy’s own site, read October 12, 2026. Confirm the price before you fill. 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 genericWho makes it

3 companies sell a generic of Trental 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.

ANI Pharmaceuticals400 mg

Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow No. 6

Product page on anipharmaceuticals.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

400 mg Yellow, oval, 16 mm, marked “N668”

Package NDC
Bottle of 100 70954-668-10
Bottle of 500 70954-668-20

Inactive ingredients: hypromellose 2910 (10000 mpa.s), povidone k30, talc, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, titanium dioxide, D&C Yellow No. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow No. 6, maltodextrin, polyethylene glycol
FDA label
Apotex400 mg

Packages and NDCs

400 mg

Package NDC
Bottle of 100 60505-0033-6
Bottle of 500 60505-0033-7
Rising Pharma Holdings400 mg

Has dyes: D&C Red No. 30, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Yellow No. 6

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

400 mg Lavender, oval, 16 mm, marked “R856”

Package NDC
Carton of 10 16571-856-90
Bottle of 100 16571-856-01
Carton of 100 16571-856-11
Carton of 500 16571-856-05
Bottle of 500 16571-856-50

Inactive ingredients: D&C Red No. 30, FD&C Blue No. 2, magnesium stearate, polydextrose, povidone, titanium dioxide, triacetin, hydroxyethyl cellulose, FD&C Yellow No. 6, hypromellose 2910 (3 mpa.s), hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), microcrystalline cellulose 101, polyethylene glycol 8000
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 100	70954-668-10
Bottle of 500	70954-668-20

Package	NDC
Bottle of 100	60505-0033-6
Bottle of 500	60505-0033-7

Package	NDC
Carton of 10	16571-856-90
Bottle of 100	16571-856-01
Carton of 100	16571-856-11
Carton of 500	16571-856-05
Bottle of 500	16571-856-50

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

Good to know

It may look different from Trental (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.