How much does allergy relief cost?
A good price for allergy relief is under $0.061/tablet; around $0.19/tablet is typical, and above $0.35/tablet you're overpaying. The cheapest we track right now is $0.028/tablet, the priciest $0.56/tablet — across 20 tracked products, as of August 2026. Prices re-checked continuously.
The middle listing of the 20 we track is $10.82 for 75 tablets — $0.19 per tablet. That is the middle of our catalogue, not of every shelf: what we track is what we track.
How to land in the good-price band
The three modern once-daily allergy pills — loratadine (Claritin), cetirizine (Zyrtec) and fexofenadine (Allegra) — are all sold as identical generics, and the gap between the brand and the store-brand tablet is enormous for the same molecule at the same dose. Cost per tablet is the honest number.
- Generic loratadine / cetirizine / fexofenadine IS Claritin / Zyrtec / Allegra at the same 10 mg / 180 mg dose, held to the same FDA standard ([FDA on generic drugs](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/generic-drugs/generic-drug-facts)). Store brands run roughly $0.03–0.06 a tablet against $0.20–0.50 for the brand — often 5–10× for the identical antihistamine.
- Buy the once-daily 24-hour version in the biggest count you will use in a season. A 365-count bottle is the lowest cost per tablet by far, and the tablets keep well past a single allergy season.
- Non-drowsy (loratadine, fexofenadine) and sedating (diphenhydramine / Benadryl) are different products — compare like with like. A cheap diphenhydramine tablet is not a substitute for a daily non-drowsy pill.
- Combination "-D" versions add a decongestant, cost more and often sit behind the counter — buy them only if you actually need the decongestant, not by default.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good price for allergy relief?
- A good price for allergy relief is under $0.061/tablet; around $0.19/tablet is typical, and above $0.35/tablet you're overpaying. The cheapest we track right now is $0.028/tablet, the priciest $0.56/tablet — across 20 tracked products, as of August 2026. Prices re-checked continuously.
- How much does allergy relief cost per tablet?
- Across 20 tracked products, allergy relief costs a median of $0.19/tablet, ranging from $0.028 to $0.56/tablet.
- How much is a pack of allergy relief?
- The middle listing of the 20 we track is $10.82 for 75 tablets — $0.19 per tablet. That is the middle of our catalogue, not of every shelf: what we track is what we track.
- How is cost per tablet calculated?
- Price ÷ the number of tablets in the pack. Comparing per tablet lets a bulk pack and a small one line up on the same scale, so you see true value instead of sticker price.
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