The short version
10 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price has held steady around $1.21 per unit over the past year.
Market view
zolmitriptan · Tablet, Film Coated
22 marketed package NDCs · 10 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 5 mg · Tablet, Film Coated · #1 blister pack/carton / 3 tablet, film coated in 1 blister pack · 2.5 mg · Tablet, Film Coated · #1 blister pack/carton / 6 tablet, film coated in 1 blister pack · 5 mg · Tablet, Orally Disintegrating · #1 blister pack/carton / 3 tablet, orally disintegrating in 1 blister pack · 2.5 mg · Tablet, Orally Disintegrating · #1 blister pack/carton / 6 tablet, orally disintegrating in 1 blister pack
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugEvery company selling this drug reports its own price. The line follows the middle of the pack; the shaded band holds the middle half of companies — the wider it is, the more they disagree.
Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $1.21 · middle half $1.01–$1.42 · full range $1.01–$1.42 · 10 products · 10 companies
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
- CMS NADAC weekly survey + monthly archives back to 2013 (data.medicaid.gov)
- CMS Federal Upper Limit files (weighted AMP)
- FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — maker roster
Method
Each month's band spans the NADAC unit prices of every NDC of this drug (min, quartiles, median, max), split into brand and generic cohorts by FDA marketing category. Maker counts come from distinct labelers with the NDC actively listed.
Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.
What changed in the last 90 days
Every detected change for zolmitriptan, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- ZolmitriptanAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.44252 → $1.41792 per unit (-1.71%)
- ZolmitriptanAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.05799 → $1.01025 per unit (-4.51%)
- ZolmitriptanAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $41.68822 → $41.29203 per unit (-0.95%)
- zolmiptriptanAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $2.6603 → $3.04469 per unit (+14.45%)
- zolmiptriptanAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $2.24131 → $2.13681 per unit (-4.66%)
- ZolmitriptanAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.44252 → $1.41792 per unit (-1.71%)
- ZolmitriptanAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.05799 → $1.01025 per unit (-4.51%)
- ZolmitriptanAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $2.6603 → $3.04469 per unit (+14.45%)
- ZolmitriptanAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $2.24131 → $2.13681 per unit (-4.66%)
- ZolmitriptanAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.44252 → $1.41792 per unit (-1.71%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Serotonin-1b and Serotonin-1d Receptor Agonist, with whether each is in shortage right now. Same class is not the same drug — substitution is a clinical decision, and this is a supply picture, not a recommendation.
- eletriptan hbr· 1 maker
- meloxicam, rizatriptan· 1 maker
- almotriptan· 2 makers
- rizatriptan benzoate odt· 2 makers
- sumatriptan succinate and naproxen sodium· 2 makers
- sumatriptan and naproxen sodium· 3 makers
- almotriptan malate· 4 makers
- naratriptan· 4 makers
- rizatriptan· 6 makers
- frovatriptan succinate· 8 makers
- eletriptan hydrobromide· 14 makers
- sumatriptan· 34 makers
Common questions
- Is Zolmitriptan in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Zolmitriptan in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database, so a new posting appears here the day it is published.
- Who makes Zolmitriptan?
- 30 companies have marketed Zolmitriptan in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Zolmitriptan cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $1.42 per unit, based on the most recent CMS NADAC survey of actual acquisition costs. That is what the pharmacy pays for the drug itself — not the cash price, and not what an insurer is billed.
All marketed products
Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.