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Cheapest Ways to Get Tretinoin Legally
Here are your best options, roughly from cheapest to more expensive:
Online Telehealth Services
- Curology – Subscription starts around $20-35/month, includes consultation and custom formula with tretinoin
- Apostrophe – Around $20-30/month, straightforward tretinoin prescriptions
- Nurx – Similar pricing, easy online consultation
- Hey Favor – Competitive pricing, worth comparing
GoodRx + Local Pharmacy
- Get a prescription from your doctor, then use GoodRx coupons at pharmacies like Costco or Walmart
- Generic tretinoin can be as low as $10-25 per tube this way
- Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs (costplusdrugs.com) sometimes has very low prices on generics
Planned Parenthood or Community Health Clinics
- Low-cost or sliding-scale consultations where a provider can prescribe tretinoin
Tips to Save More
- Ask specifically for generic tretinoin (not brand names like Retin-A)
- 0.025% cream is typically cheapest
- Compare prices across pharmacies using GoodRx before filling
Likely cheapest overall: Get a prescription via a telehealth service, then fill it using GoodRx at Costco or Walmart pharmacy.