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Generic sodium oxybate

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic sodium oxybate.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 Xyrem, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameXyrem
Authorized genericsodium oxybate
Regular genericsodium oxybate
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Xyrem
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Xyrem?
The original
Same medicine
Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

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

XYREM Coupon Program (JazzCares)

Savings card from Jazz Pharmaceuticals

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance · as little as $35 a month

Sign up on jazzcares.com 

Or call 1-866-997-3688.

In the maker’s words

“Eligible patients can pay as little as $35 for XYREM for a 30-day fill, subject to monthly and annual maximum benefit.”

From the maker’s offer on jazzcares.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 Xyrem, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

sodium oxybate

Sold by
  • Hikma Pharmaceuticals

How to get it

This is only available through an FDA safety program. Your prescriber enrolls you, and a single certified pharmacy ships it to you.

About the sodium oxybate program

NDC to ask for
  • 0.5 g/mLsolution
    • 0054-9628-5711-digit: 00054-9628-57180 mL per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to ask your doctor

“Can you enroll me for sodium oxybate, the authorized generic of Xyrem? The NDC is 0054-9628-57.”

Brand and authorized generic labels

Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).

Same active ingredient as Xyrem. Xyrem’s label doesn’t list its inactive ingredients, so those can’t be compared.

BrandXyrem
Authorized genericHikma Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: sodium oxybate 0.5 g/mL

Regular genericMakers and their savings cards

2 companies sell a generic of Xyrem that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. 2 of them have their own savings cards or programs, listed first. Each works only with that maker’s 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.

  • Amneal Pharmaceuticals500 mg/mL

    Amneal Sodium Oxybate Oral Solution Copay Card

    For sodium oxybate oral solution 0.5 g/mL

    With commercial insurance as little as $0 a month

    Sign up on amneal.com

    In the maker’s words

    “Eligible, commercially insured patients may receive their Amneal Sodium Oxybate Oral Solution monthly prescription for $0.”

    Product page on amneal.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    500 mg/mL Clear

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 180 mL65162-065-87

    Inactive ingredients: malic acid, sodium propylparaben, sodium hydroxide, water

    FDA label

  • Camber Pharmaceuticals0.5 g/mL

    Made by Ascent Pharmaceuticals

    Camber Copay Assistance Program (Camber Pharmaceuticals Co-Pay Program)

    “To help alleviate the burden some drug prices create, Camber has made a copayment assistance program to help offset rising drug prices.” (patients not covered by any federal or state healthcare program (Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap, VA/DOD, TRICARE excluded); page says 'All non-excluded patients are eligible')

    Sign up

    Product page on camberpharma.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.5 g/mL

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 180 mL31722-891-18

    Inactive ingredients: water, malic acid

    FDA label

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

What the FDA label says

Xyrem is a central nervous system depressant indicated for the treatment of cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients 7 years of age and older with narcolepsy.

Source: the FDA label for Xyrem (Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), July 1, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

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