The drugs increase up to 25 %

The economic burden for patients requiring medication long term has become much heavier in the last year, since the prices of some of the drugs of greater demand have registered several increments and only in the last quarter variation ranging from 8% to 25%.

A journey made yesterday by pharmacies in the capital found that the products which have increased in a greater proportion are cardiological, those used to treat type II diabetes and gastrointestinal disorders, as well as the flu, analgesic, relaxing muscle, injectable antibiotics and contraceptive oral.

Pharmacists consulted agree that the cost of more than 90% of drugs, most of the laboratories, has increased in the past three months.

This week some establishments decided to remove price tags to products in existence to make adjustments, according to the u000achanges made by laboratories and thus avoid losses to the new order.

Drugs cardiological and the hypertensive and aspirin in some laboratories have increased by approximately 25%. Used as a treatment for diabetes, metformin and insulin, increased by 20 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively; the first increased from RD$ 100 to RD$ 120 and insulin moved from RD$ 790 to RD$ 853. In the case of the glucamida, for the same purpose, the price has remained stable.

The price of omeprazole and esomeprazole, sued by patients with gastric disorders, increased by about 13 per cent to spend in the first instance of 17 to 19 pesos 20 milligrams and RD unit $335 to RD$ 380 box 14 tablets of esomeprazole, according to one of the sources consulted.

Also, the value of antibiotic injection and ceftriaxone, cephalosporin, and gentamicin in some laboratories rose 8% to 10%. Ceftriaxone is u000aIt sold three months ago to RD$ 345 each vial and currently manages to RD$ 375, and gentamicin moved from RD$ 155 to RD$ 180 drive.

Oral antibiotics have maintained stable prices, just as some antiparasitics as metronidazole, while others such as the aminosidina have increased by about 15%.

Infant formulas have also risen in price in all consulted pharmacies. The cost of the Tin of Enfamil was elevated from RD$ 435 to RD$ 460, an increase of 6% in three months.

Some laboratories have risen prices of drugs for the therapy of cancerous cells in the stages control pre and post chemotherapy. One of these drugs introduced an absolute increase of RD$ 2,721 going from RD$ 18,145 to RD$ 20,866, which represents a variation of 15%.

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in the Dominican market there is a big difference between the prices of medicines that offer local laboratories and the u000aforeigners.

According to industry pharmaceutical Dominican (Infadomi), in 2008 the market share of pharmaceutical products manufactured in the country asciendía to nearly 60 per cent and had between 50% and 300% below the prices of imported drugs, according to the entity.

Executive Vice President of the Association of representatives, agents and producers pharmacists, Fernando Ferreira, pointed out that the increases that have occurred in the medicines in recent years kept a close relationship with the currency exchange rates foreign.

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