Drug Cost

[LSainsbury]

Hi,

Can anybody here point me in the direction of a website which gives details of manufacturing / costs to pharmacy of drugs and medicines?

Thanks

[Zing]

Was gonna say the price of greens gone up loads since it was reclassified lmao

[martyh]

Hi,

Can anybody here point me in the direction of a website which gives details of manufacturing / costs to pharmacy of drugs and medicines?

Thanks

heres one for you ,the prices are in dollars but it will give you some idea

Xanax...Xanax is used to treat anxiety disorders, panic disorders, and anxiety caused by depression...569,958% markup :shocked:

http://liberty.hypermart.net/voices/2003/Actual_Cost_Of_Making_These_Popular_Prescription_D rugs.htm

[Cobbydaler]

I'm not sure there is a comprehensive free one.

The best is MIMS (http://www.mims.co.uk/) but you have to subsribe to the paper version at £140 p.a. if you want access...

[TheNorm]

BNF (bnf.org) has pricing information. You have to register, but it is free. Here is an example:

Diamorphine (Non-proprietary)

Tablets, diamorphine hydrochloride 10 mg, net price 100-tab pack = £16.42.

Injection, powder for reconstitution, diamorphine hydrochloride, net price 5-mg amp = £2.57, 10-mg amp = £3.59, 30-mg amp = £3.82, 100-mg amp = £9.34, 500-mg amp = £42.07

[martyh]

apologies forgot to put the link in :blush::dunce:

http://liberty.hypermart.net/voices/2003/Actual_Cost_Of_Making_These_Popular_Prescription_D rugs.htm

[TheNorm]

heres one for you....

Generic Xanax is actually quite cheap:

Alprazolam (Non-proprietary)
Tablets, alprazolam 250 micrograms, net price 60-tab pack = £2.97; 500 micrograms, 60-tab pack = £5.69. Brands include Xanax®

[martyh]

Generic Xanax is actually quite cheap:

not sure of the accuracy or if that site i linked to is upto date but the markups from production to sales costs in the USA are horrendous and one can only assume they will similar in this country

[TheNorm]

apologies forgot to put the link in :blush::dunce:...

Interesting. That article suggests that the cheapest drugs in the USA can be found in Costco. For example:

http://www.costco.com/Pharmacy/DrugInfo.aspx?p=1&SearchTerm=xanax&Drug=XANAX

[alferret]

I dont know about actual cost but when we got stuck in Spain last year for an extra week we had to go the the chemist to get my wife's medication 6x boxes of different tabs, we got 1 months supply (same as what she gets in the UK) cost in spain 13 euro, cost in the UK £43.

[LSainsbury]

BNF (bnf.org) has pricing information. You have to register, but it is free. Here is an example:

Brilliant - bingo - that's exactly the info I needed.

Edit: Thanks for the other suggestions! :)