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Same Ibuprofen, Different Prices !
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When I was buying some Ibuprofen this morning, I noticed the following anomaly ::
"Feminax" 342 mg Ibuprofen Lysine....£4:35
"Nurofen" 342 mg Ibuprofen Lysine....£2:99
Ordinary, generic Ibuprofen......about..£1.50
Three packs, containing exactly the same drug, in exactly the same amounts, but hugely different prices ! The Feminax came in a FAB pink box, obviously to appeal to women, and was marketed as especially good for period pains !
I seem to recall Watchdog have something on this last year. Why would anybody pay £4:35, when they can get exactly the same thing for a third of the price ? Has the world gone mad ?
"Feminax" 342 mg Ibuprofen Lysine....£4:35
"Nurofen" 342 mg Ibuprofen Lysine....£2:99
Ordinary, generic Ibuprofen......about..£1.50
Three packs, containing exactly the same drug, in exactly the same amounts, but hugely different prices ! The Feminax came in a FAB pink box, obviously to appeal to women, and was marketed as especially good for period pains !
I seem to recall Watchdog have something on this last year. Why would anybody pay £4:35, when they can get exactly the same thing for a third of the price ? Has the world gone mad ?
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I agree with everybody here but someone must be being fooled by the marketing, otherwise it wouldn't be on sale in the first place.
I always buy generic drugs, if possible, but I have a sister-in-law who insists that the more expensive makes are better ! I am not sure if she buys Ibuprofen, but if she does, she almost certainly buys the pink box variety. Daft I know, but I guess this is where the drug companies make their huge profits !
I always buy generic drugs, if possible, but I have a sister-in-law who insists that the more expensive makes are better ! I am not sure if she buys Ibuprofen, but if she does, she almost certainly buys the pink box variety. Daft I know, but I guess this is where the drug companies make their huge profits !
There is more to the beneficial effects of drugs than just their active ingredients.
Many studies have shown that if a patient gets relief from one type of drug, then changing it.s name or indeed it's colour, my have an impaired effect on the patient.
Even if the same drug is twice as expensive as the same drug with another name, then it is futile to try and reason with the patient.
There is more to medicine than just science.
Many studies have shown that if a patient gets relief from one type of drug, then changing it.s name or indeed it's colour, my have an impaired effect on the patient.
Even if the same drug is twice as expensive as the same drug with another name, then it is futile to try and reason with the patient.
There is more to medicine than just science.
I'd say a better way of phrasing it would be that there is more to medicine than "basic" science. A happier mood would translate into a higher prevalence of certain chemicals (such as dopamine*, for example, along with others) which could themselves facilitate recovery. That would still be scientific, no, sqad?
*Not dopamine, so far as I know, but you never know!
*Not dopamine, so far as I know, but you never know!
Feminax contains a fast acting Ibuprofen.
"Ibuprofen lysine is a form of ibuprofen that is more soluble than regular ibuprofen. This means that it starts to work more quickly than regular ibuprofen tablets/caplets".
I had to buy an inhaler from the Chemist at full price - drugs are not cheap. It was a bit of an eye opener.
"Ibuprofen lysine is a form of ibuprofen that is more soluble than regular ibuprofen. This means that it starts to work more quickly than regular ibuprofen tablets/caplets".
I had to buy an inhaler from the Chemist at full price - drugs are not cheap. It was a bit of an eye opener.
Dizmo....no, a placebo effect is demonstrated when one drug is assessed against an inactive form. In this case, both named drugs contain the active ingredient.
jim...;-)......exactly.
As an example, when i was young before the NHS we had a "clinic" doctor who was free, bUT despite the fact that we were a poor family, my grandma would always save up to see Dr Walker who was "private" and gave a much "better bottle" than the free, " Club doctor"
I could give you more examples even in our modern times.
jim...;-)......exactly.
As an example, when i was young before the NHS we had a "clinic" doctor who was free, bUT despite the fact that we were a poor family, my grandma would always save up to see Dr Walker who was "private" and gave a much "better bottle" than the free, " Club doctor"
I could give you more examples even in our modern times.
No need for conspiracy theories here, Canary. Besides, a drug company wants its product to be effective because the product is effective. Adding colour or shape to a drug and finding that red pills work better than blue ones is, arguably, slightly annoying, because it shows that there's more going on than is fully understood.
For that matter, it's been shown that injecting salt-water is more effective than swallowing it, even though both ought to be equally useless! The reason presumably being that the patient thinks an injection is more "medical" than just an oral treatment. Even the shape of a pill can have an effect...
For that matter, it's been shown that injecting salt-water is more effective than swallowing it, even though both ought to be equally useless! The reason presumably being that the patient thinks an injection is more "medical" than just an oral treatment. Even the shape of a pill can have an effect...
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