The short version
12 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price has fallen 31% in a year, to $0.0344 per gram — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended.
Market view
trolamine salicylate
22 marketed package NDCs · 12 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 100 mg/g · Cream · #1 tube/carton / 85 g in 1 tube
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 $0.0344 · middle half $0.0344–$0.0344 · full range $0.0344–$0.0344 · 1 products · 12 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.
Common questions
- Is Trolamine salicylate in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Trolamine salicylate 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 Trolamine salicylate?
- 12 companies have marketed Trolamine salicylate in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Trolamine salicylate cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0344 per gram, 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.