Bought any medications lately? Want to know the actual cost?
The data is from the Commerce Department:
Are research and development costs built into these markups? Yes but they are minor. The vast majority of the costs are for lobbyists and advertising/promotion.
The good news is that 99% of people with proper diet, exercise and supplements will never need any of these or any other medications. Each of the conditions that these drugs are for can be treated safer and better with non drug therapies. I urge you to be a smart consumer and avoid the extreme cost and substantial risk of prescription medicine whenever possible.
Celebrex 100 mg
Consumer pr ice (100 tablets): $130.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.60
Percent markup: 21,712%
Claritin 10 mg
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71
Percent markup: 30,306%
Norvasc 10 mg
Consumer pr ice (100 tablets): $188.29
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14
Percent markup: 134,493%
Prevacid 30 mg
Consumer pr ice (100 tablets): $44.77
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.01
Percent markup: 34,136%
Prilosec 20 mg
Consumer pr ice (100 tablets): $360.97
Cost of general active ingredients $0.52
Percent markup: 69,417%
Prozac 20 mg
Consumer pr ice (100 tablets) : $247.47
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11
Percent markup: 224,973%
Tenormin 50 mg
Consumer pr ice (100 tablets): $104.47
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13
Percent markup: 80,362%
Vasotec 10 mg
Consumer pr ice (100 tablets): $102.37
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20
Percent markup: 51,185%
Xanax 1 mg
Consumer pr ice (100 tablets) : $136.79
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024
Percent markup: 569,958%

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