Pocket burden again: flu medicine at Rs 11, blood pressure medicine at Rs 27…

Anand Tiwari, Patna Although the budget got relief for cancer drugs, apart from this, the prices of about twenty drugs, including blood pressure drugs and pain relievers, have increased. The price of the new type of medicine has been increased from Rs 11 to Rs 27. These include medicines for fever, diabetes, antibiotics, multivitamins and blood thinners. In such a situation, patients have to spend more money for treatment. Whereas just five months ago, the prices of about 36 types of medicines were hiked by 15 to 20 percent, experts say. Consumers say all methods of controlling drug prices have failed. But all methods of administration to control prices are failing. Due to this, the cost of daily medicines continues to increase. Due to price increase by the companies, the price of the best selling Digene 100 ml syrup has increased by Rs.07. The price of blood pressure medicine has gone up by Rs.27. The price of flu drug Gradol MR has increased by Rs.11. On the other hand, the price of Indezol, which is given for fungal and infectious diseases, has been increased by seven rupees. Also Read… Delhi basement incident: Mother faints at daughter Tanya's dead body, screams all around… Production of chemicals and drugs is delayed, chemicals are expensive, said PK Singh, president of Bihar Pharmaceuticals and Chemists Association. A few months ago, the price of chemicals used in cargo transportation and pharmaceutical production rose. Apart from this, there has been a slight increase in the production of some chemicals used in a few medicines. In spite of this, companies are increasing the price of drugs in the greed of earning. Along these lines, companies are trying to improve the packaging of medicines. Its impact may have increased the prices of medicines. Prices of these drugs have increased – Drug – Old price – New price Digene syrup-168-175 Rosuvas 10 mg-312-339Pen-40-165-170 Amlokind anti-49-53Giradol MR-108-119 Intezol-0.725-6. SR – 191-210 (Note: Price of drug is per leaf. Price of 100ml syrup is price per bottle) High price is being charged, said Sundra Mahato, Assistant Drug Controller, Patna District. At the same time, it is wrong to sell drugs worth more than the fixed price. If this happens, we are charged after investigation and action will be taken against the store operator. Our team is constantly monitoring illegal shopkeepers. The post Heavy on the pocket again: Medicines for fever increased by 11 rupees, medicines for blood pressure by 27 rupees… appeared first on Prabhat Khabar.