Actual Cost Of Making These Popular Prescription Drugs

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BRAND NAME CONSUMER COST OFINGREDIENTS PERCENTMARKUP 
PRICE per tab/cap
100
Celebrex 100 mg $130.27 $0.60 21712%

Claritin 10 mg $215.17 $0.71 30306%

Keflex 250 mg $157.39 $1.88 8372%

Lipitor 20 mg $272.37 $5.80 4696%

Norvasc 10 mg $188.29 $0.14 134493%

Paxil 20 mg $220.27 $7.60 2898%

Prevacid 30 mg $44.77 $1.01 34136%

Prilosec 20 mg $360.97 $0.52 69417%

Prozac 20 mg $247.47 $0.11 224973%

Tenormin 50 mg $104.47 $0.13 80362%

Vasotec 10 mg $102.37 $0.20 51185%

Xanax 1mg $136.79 $0.02 569958%

Zestril 20 mg $89.89 $3.20 2809%

Zithromax 600mg $1,482.19 $18.78 7892%

Zocor 40mg $350.27 $8.63 4059%

Zoloft 50mg $206.87 $1.75 11821%

"I was appalled. Just to give you one example from my own experience, I had to use the drug, Compazine, which helps prevent nausea in chemo patients. I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 60pills at CVS. I checked the price at Costco, and I could have bought 100 pills for $19.89. For 145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could have got 150 at Costco for $28.08.I would like to mention, that although Costco is a "membership" type store, you do NOT have to be a member to buy prescriptions there, as it is a federally-regulated substance. You just tell them at the door that you wish to use the pharmacy, and they will let you in. "

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[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Not to be a Big Pharma apologist

but the economics of drugs are not so simple. Generally, the first pill off the assembly line costs a half billion dollars and all the rest cost a nickel.

The drug companies are greedy bastards, and they benefit from federally-funded research more than they let on, but they do have a point when they say R&D costs bucks.

[BayCityProgressive]

2. Just imagine...

how great a nonprofit healthcare system would be. Imagine what the American people could do with all that extra money..

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3. Not LBN

Feel free to repost in a different forum. Thanks.