Ziana

Generic name: clindamycin and tretinoin

Used for: Acne

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic clindamycin and tretinoin

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameZiana
Authorized genericclindamycin and tretinoin
Regular genericclindamycin and tretinoin
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Ziana
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Ziana?
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 Ziana’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Ziana’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

clindamycin and tretinoin

Sold by
  • Oceanside PharmaceuticalsPart of Bausch Health, the company behind Ziana
NDC to ask for
  • 1.2% / 0.025%gel
    • 68682-300-3011-digit: 68682-0300-3030 g per tube
    • 68682-300-6011-digit: 68682-0300-6060 g per tube

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Ziana, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Oceanside Pharmaceuticals (NDC 68682-300-30), 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 and inactive ingredients as Ziana.

BrandZiana
Authorized genericOceanside Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: clindamycin phosphate 1.2% · tretinoin 0.025%

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Anhydrous citric acid
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene
  • Carbomer homopolymer type A
  • Edetate disodium
  • Glycerin
  • Methylparaben
  • Polysorbate 80
  • Propylparaben
  • Tromethamine
  • Water

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Ziana 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.

  • Actavis Pharma1.2% / 0.025%
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    1.2% / 0.025%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 30 g0472-1790-30
    Carton of 60 g0472-1790-60

    Inactive ingredients: anhydrous citric acid, butylated hydroxytoluene, edetate disodium, hydroxyethyl cellulose (100 mpa.s at 2%), glycerin, methylparaben, polysorbate 80, propylparaben, water, tromethamine, xanthan gum

    FDA label

The FDA doesn’t rate Encube Ethicals and Solaris Pharma’s versions of clindamycin and tretinoin a substitute for Ziana, so a pharmacy can’t swap them in without your prescriber’s OK.

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

What the FDA label says

ZIANA® Gel is a lincosamide antibiotic and retinoid combination product indicated for the topical treatment of acne vulgaris in patients 12 years or older.

Source: the FDA label for Ziana (Bausch Health US, LLC), May 15, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

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