Ziagen

Generic name: abacavir

Used for: HIV

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic abacavir

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameZiagen
Authorized genericabacavir
Regular genericabacavir
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Ziagen?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

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

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Ziagen itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. A regular generic is sold, with the same active ingredient: ask the pharmacy for its price.

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Regular genericWho makes it

2 companies sell a generic of Ziagen 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.

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

  • Camber Pharmaceuticals20 mg/mL

    Made by Hetero Labs

    Product page on camberpharma.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    20 mg/mL Clear yellowish

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 240 mL31722-562-24

    Inactive ingredients: anhydrous citric acid, methylparaben, propylparaben, propylene glycol, saccharin sodium, trisodium citrate dihydrate, sorbitol, strawberry, banana, water

    FDA label

  • Rising Pharma Holdings20 mg/mL

    Made by Aurobindo Pharma

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    20 mg/mL Yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 240 mL64980-405-24

    Inactive ingredients: strawberry, banana, anhydrous citric acid, methylparaben, propylparaben, propylene glycol, saccharin sodium, trisodium citrate dihydrate, sorbitol, water

    FDA label

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

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Ziagen, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand and for a generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

ZIAGEN, a nucleoside analogue human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase inhibitor, is indicated in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.

Source: the FDA label for Ziagen (ViiV Healthcare Company), September 29, 2023. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/ziagen/