Disgruntling Info on Cost of Meds-READ!!
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| Mon, 05-17-2004 - 12:45pm |
It is a list of a few meds, and how much it costs the company for the active ingredient in each:
Celebrex 10 mg
We pay $130.27 for 100 tablets
Cost of general active ingredient - $0.60
Mark up of 21,712%
Claritin 10 mg
We pay $215.17 for 100 tablets
Cost of general active ingredient - $0.71
Mark up of 30,306%
Lipitor 20 mg
We pay $272.37 for 100 tablets
Cost of general active ingredient - $5.80
Mark up of 4,696 %
Paxil 20 mg
We pay $220.27 for 100 tablets
Cost of general active ingredient - $7.60
Mark up of 2,898%
Prevacid 30 mg
We pay $44.77 for 100 tablets
Cost of general acitve ingredient - $1.01
Mark up of 34,136%
Prozac 20 mg
We pay $247.47 for 100 tablets
Cost of general active ingredient - $0.11
Mark up of 224.973%
Xanax 1 mg
We pay $136.79 for 100 tablets
Cost of general active ingredient - $0.024
Mark up of 569,958%
Zoloft 50 mg
We pay $206.87 for 100 tablets
Cost of general active ingredient - $1.75
Mark up of 11.821%
I am not sure if this is Canadian information or not, but I think it is safe to say that this happens everywhere. Grrrr...
Pamela
| Tue, 05-18-2004 - 5:44pm |

