NEW DELHI: Costs of essential medicines are set to get high by at least 12 percent starting April 1.
The price of a slew of essential and life-saving medicines are set to get costlier by more than 12%.
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This rise in prices of medicines came after pharmaceutical companies were allowed to hike prices of several medicines.
Most of these drugs include life-saving medicines like anti-infectives, painkillers and cardiac medicines.
The price hike will impact the retail price of around 800 drugs included in the National List of Essential Medicines, reported Economic Times.
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List of Medicines to be costlier from April 1:
- General anaesthetics and oxygen medicines like Halothane, Isoflurane, Ketamine, Nitrous oxide, etc.
- Pain killers: Diclofenac, Ibuprofen, Mefenamic acid, Paracetmol, Morphine
- Antidotes in Poisoning: Activated Charcoal, D-Penicillamine, Nalaxone, Snake venom antiserum,
- Anticonvulsants: Clobazam, Diazepam, Lorazepam
- Parkinsons and Dementia: Flunarizine, Propranolol, Donepezil
- Antibiotics: Amoxicillin, Ampicillin, Benzylpenicillin, Cefadroxil, Cefazolin, Ceftriaxome
- Covid management medicines
- Anti-TB medicine: Amikacin, Bedaquiline, Clarithromycin, etc.
- Antifungal: Clotrimazole, Fluconazole, Mupirocin, Nystatin, Terbinafine, etc.
- Antiviral medicines: Acyclovir, Valganciclovir, etc.
- HIV management medicines: Abacavir, Lamivudine, Zidovudine, Efavirenz, Nevirapine, Raltegravir, Dolutegravir, Ritonavir, etc.
- Malaria medicines: Artesunate, Artemether, Chloroquine, Clindamycin, Quinine, Primaquine, etc.
- Cancer treatment medicines: 5-Fluorouracil, Actinomycin D, All-trans retionoic acid, Arsenic trioxide, Calcium folinate, etc.
- Anemia medicines: Folic Acid, Iron Sucrose, Hydroxocobalamin, etc.
- Plasma and Plasma substitutes
- Cardiovascular medicines: Dilitazem, Metoprolol, Digoxin, Verapramil, Amlodipine, Ramipril, Telmisarten, etc.
- Dermatological medicines
- Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Chlorohexidine, Ethyl Alcohol, Hydrogen peroxide, Povidine iodine, Potassium permanganate, etc.
- ENT medicines: Budesonide, Ciprofloxacin, Clotrimazole, etc.
- Gastrointestinal Medicines: ORS, Lactulose, Bisacodyl, etc.
- Hormones, other Endocrine Medicines and Contraceptives
- Vaccines: Hepatitis B, DPT vaccine, Japanese encephalitis vaccine, measles vaccine, rabies vaccine, etc.
- Opthalmological medicines, Oxytocics adn antioxytocics
- Medicines to treat psychiatric disorders
- Respiratory tract disorder medicines, vitamin and minerals