Zyclara vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic imiquimod

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic imiquimod.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 Zyclara, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameZyclara

Authorized genericimiquimod

Regular genericimiquimod

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest

Same as Zyclara?

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

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

imiquimod

Sold by (either works)

Oceanside PharmaceuticalsPart of Bausch Health, the company behind Zyclara
Teva PharmaceuticalsMade by Bausch Health, the company behind Zyclara

NDC to ask for

3.75%creamOceanside Pharmaceuticals
- 68682-272-7511-digit: 68682-0272-757.5 g per pump bottle
3.75%creamTeva Pharmaceuticals
- 0093-3133-3111-digit: 00093-3133-317.5 g per pump bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Zyclara, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic, 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).

3.75% cream · Oceanside Pharmaceuticals

Same active and inactive ingredients as Zyclara.

Authorized generic package label from Oceanside Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericOceanside Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: imiquimod 3.75%

Inactive, on both labels:

Benzyl alcohol
Cetyl alcohol
Glycerin
Isostearic acid
Methylparaben
Petrolatum
Polysorbate 60
Propylparaben
Sorbitan monostearate
Stearyl alcohol
Water
Xanthan gum

3.75% cream · Teva Pharmaceuticals

Same active and inactive ingredients as Zyclara.

Authorized generic package label from Teva Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericTeva Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: imiquimod 3.75%

Inactive, on both labels:

Benzyl alcohol
Cetyl alcohol
Glycerin
Isostearic acid
Methylparaben
Petrolatum
Polysorbate 60
Propylparaben
Sorbitan monostearate
Stearyl alcohol
Water
Xanthan gum

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Zyclara 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.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries3.75%

Made by Taro Pharmaceutical Industries

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

3.75% White to Faintly Yellow

Package NDC
Carton of 7 g 51672-4174-6
Carton of 7.5 g 51672-4174-9

Inactive ingredients: benzyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, glycerin, isostearic acid, methylparaben, polysorbate 60, propylparaben, water, sorbitan monostearate, stearyl alcohol, petrolatum, xanthan gum
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 7 g	51672-4174-6
Carton of 7.5 g	51672-4174-9

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

ZYCLARA 2.5% and 3.75% is indicated for the topical treatment of clinically typical, visible, or palpable actinic keratoses (AK) of the face or balding scalp in immunocompetent adults.
ZYCLARA, 3.75% is indicated for the topical treatment of external genital and perianal warts (EGW) in immunocompetent patients 12 years of age or older.

Source: the FDA label for Zyclara (Bausch Health US, LLC), May 23, 2025. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Zyclara (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/zyclara/