Disgruntling Info on Cost of Meds-READ!!

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Registered: 07-15-2003
Disgruntling Info on Cost of Meds-READ!!
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Mon, 05-17-2004 - 12:45pm
My boss just sent this information out to us.

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

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Registered: 01-26-2004
Tue, 05-18-2004 - 5:44pm
What a dreadful racket!
AcornLeaves