WHAT DRUGS ACTUALLY COST


BRAND NAME CONSUMER PRICE
(For 100 tabs/caps)
COST OF GENERIC ACTIVE INGREDIENT
(For 100 tabs/caps)
PERCENT MARKUP
Celebrex 100 mg $130.27   $0.60   21,712%
Claritin 10 mg $215.17   $0.71   30,306%
Keflex 250 mg $157.39   $1.88   8,372%
Lipitor 20 mg $272.37   $5.80   4,696%
Norvasc 10 mg $188.29   $0.14   134,493%
Paxil 20 mg $220.27   $7.60   2,898%
Prevacid 30 mg $344.77   $1.01   34,136%
Prilosec 20 mg $360.97   $0.52   69,417%
Prozac 20 mg $247.47   $0.11   224,973%
Tenormin 50 mg $104.47   $0.13   80,362%
Vasotec 10 mg $102.37   $0.20   51,185%
Xanax 1 mg $136.79   $0.024   569,958%
Zestril 20 mg $89.89   $3.20   2,809%
Zithromax 600 mg $1,482.19   $18.78   7,892%
Zocor 40 mg $315.27   $8.63   4,059%
Zoloft 50 mg $206.87   $1.75   11,821%

[Life Extension Magazine, April 2002, page 15]


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