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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 263 No 7065 p552
October 2, 1999 Products

Price changes

The price changes given below are in pounds and pence, light type indicating the price to pharmacists excluding VAT and heavy type the price to the public including VAT. In the case of medicines dispensed on a doctor’s prescription, VAT is not charged to the patient.

Alliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd (decreased from October 1) * syntocinon ampoules 10iu 5 £6.99, 5iu 5 £6.17 * syntometrine ampoules 5 £6.90.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd (decreased from October 1) * anafranil capsules 10mg 84 £2.75, 25mg 84 £5.40, 50mg 56 £6.85 * anafranil sr tablets 75mg 28 £7.51 * estraderm mx patches 100mg 24 £18.94 8 £6.31, 25mg 24 £15.59 8 £5.20, 50mg 24 £15.65 8 £5.22 10 x 2 hospital pack £13.04, 75mg 24 £18.25 8 £6.08 * estraderm tts patches 100mg 24 £22.63 8 £7.52, 25mg 24 £18.63 8 £6.21, 50mg 24 £18.69 8 £6.23 * lescol capsules 20mg 28 £12.72, 40mg 28 £12.72 56 £25.44 * lopresor tablets 100mg 56 £6.68, 50mg 56 £2.57 * navoban ampoules 2ml 1 £4.86 5 £24.31, 5ml 1 £12.16 10 £121.66; capsules 5mg 5 £53.86 50 £538.60 * sanomigran tablets 0.5mg 60 £2.57, 1.5mg 28 £4.28 * voltarol suppositories 100mg 10 £3.38, 12.5mg 10 65p, 25mg 10 £1.15, 50mg 10 £1.89; tablets 25mg 84 £3.94, 50mg 84 £6.13 14 A & E pack £1.14.

Wyeth Laboratories (decreased from October 1) * zoton capsules 30mg 7 £8.62 14 £14.08 28 £28.15 56 £56.29 * heliclear triple pack £37.87.

Solvay Healthcare Ltd (decreased from October 1) * duphaston tablets 10mg 60 £4.49 * duphaston hrt tablets 10mg 42 £3.14 * fematrix 40 patches 8 £5.50 * fematrix 80 patches 8 £6 * serc 16 tablets 84 £14.06.

3M Health Care (decreased from September 27) * acupan injection 1ml 5 £3.47; tablets 30mg 90 £10.93 * aerobec autohaler inhaler 50mg £10.51, 100mg £12.89, 250mg £23.97 * aerolin autohaler 200 dose inhaler £10.04 * airomir autohaler inhaler £6.02 * airomir inhaler £1.97 * aldara cream sachets 12 £55.18 * alu-cap capsules 120 £4.03 * calcisorb sachets 90 £17.88 * difflam cream 100g £6.69; oral rinse 300ml £3.92; sore throat rinse 200ml £2.70; spray 30ml £3.41 * duromine capsules 15mg 30 £1.09, 30mg 30 £1.43 * filair inhaler 50mg £4.14, 100mg £7.87, 250mg £17.21 * hiprex tablets 1g 60 £7.07 * intralgin gel 50g 47p * minitran patches 5mg 30 £12.49, 10mg 30 £13.84, 15mg 30 £15.26 * nuelin tablets 90 £3.29; liquid 300ml £2.93 * nuelin sa tablets 175mg 60 £3.43, 250mg 60 £4.80 * qvar inhaler 50mg £7.87, 100mg £17.21; autohaler 50mg £7.87, 100mg £17.21 * tambocor injection 15ml 5 £23.65; tablets 50mg 60 £15.55. 100mg 60 £22.21 * titralac tablets 180 £2.81 * zidoval gel 40g £4.63.

Abbott Laboratories Ltd (decreased from October 1) * hytrin tablets 2mg 28 £8.07, 5mg 28 £13.07 * hytrin bph tablets 2mg 28 £8.07, 5mg 28 £13.07 * klaricid xl tablets 14 £21.36 7 £10.68.

Napp Pharmaceuticals (decreased from October 1) * adizem sr tablets 120mg 56 £17.32; capsules 90mg 56 £10.56, 120mg 56 £11.74, 180mg 56 £17.60 * adizem xl capsules 120mg 28 £10.24, 180mg 28 £11.61, 240mg 28 £12.90, 300mg 28 £10.24 * codafen continus tablets 112 £12 56 £6.01 * dhc continus tablets 60mg 56 £6.28, 90mg 56 £9.89, 120mg 56 £13.21 * flexin continus tablets 25mg 56 £6.83, 50mg 28 £6.83, 75mg 28 £9.75 * gastrobid continus tablets 56 £9.70 * palladone sr capsules 2mg 56 £17.59, 4mg 56 £24.10, 8mg 56 £47.01, 16mg 56 £89.31, 24mg 56 £133.99 * palladone nr capsules 1.3mg 56 £8.28, 2.6mg 56 £16.56 * imazin xl tablets 60/75mg 28 £10.10, 60/150mg 28 £10.10 * mxl capsules 30mg 28 £11.73, 60mg 28 £16.07, 90mg 28 £23.70, 120mg 28 £31.34, 150mg 28 £39.17, 200mg 28 £49.62 * mst continus suspension sachets 20mg 30 £27.31, 30mg 30 £23.38, 60mg 30 £56.77, 100mg 30 £94.61, 200mg 30 £189.22; tablets 5mg 60 £4.30, 10mg 60 £7.17, 15mg 60 £12.57, 30mg 60 £17.22, 60mg 60 £33.58, 100mg 60 £53.16, 200mg 60 £106.34 * narphen tablets 5mg 100 £27.23 * phyllocontin continus tablets 56 £3.14; forte tablets 56 £5.21; paediatric tablets 56 £2.02 * remedeine tablets 112 £11.66 56 £5.84; forte tablets 56 £7.20; effervescent tablets 56 £7.06; forte effervescent tablets 56 £8.74 * sevredol liquid 2mg/ml 100ml £1.99 300ml £5.53 500ml £8.34; concentrate 20mg/ml 30ml £5.56 120ml £20.76; tablets 10mg 56 £6.03, 20mg 56 £12.05, 50mg 56 £30.13 * uniphyllin continus tablets 200mg 56 £3.87, 300mg 56 £5.89, 400mg 56 £6.99 * zandip tablets 10mg 28 £9.74.

Glaxo Wellcome UK Ltd (decreased from October 1) * imigran nasal spray 2 dose £12, single dose 6 £36 * ventolin inhaler hospital pack 80 dose £1.11; nebules 2.5mg 20 £3.38, 5mg 20 £6.90; syrup 150ml 64p; respirator solution 20ml £2.44; rotacaps 200mg 112 £5.33, 400mg 112 £9.01; solution for iv infusion 5mg/5ml £27.76 * ventodisks and diskhaler 200mg 14 disks £6.40, 400mg 14 disks £10.82, hospital pack 400mg £3.87; refill pack 200mg 14 disks £5.89, 400mg 14 disks £10.30 * serevent accuhaler 50mg £28.60 * flixotide accuhaler 50mg £6.86, 100mg £9.60, 250mg £22.86, 500mg £38.86 * ventide inhaler £5.42; rotacaps 112 £23.01; paediatric rotacaps 112 £12.68 * maloprim tablets 30 £2.64 * daraprim tablets 25mg 30 £2.12 * malarone tablets 12 £22.92 * zantac tablets 150mg 60 £19.52, 300mg 30 £19.20; hospital pack 150mg 60 £19.52 * zinacef infusion 1.5g £5.05; infusion kit with metronidazole £3.60; infusion kit with saline £3.50; injection 750mg 5 £12.60 100 £243.53, 1.5g £5.05, 250mg 5 £4.21 * fortum injection 1g £9.45, 2g £18.91, 500mg £4.73, 250mg £2.37, 3g 100ml £27.70; infusion 2g £18.91; infusion kit with saline £19.88; monovials 2g £18.91 * becotide 100 inhaler hospital pack 80 dose £3.82 * becotide 50 inhaler hospital pack 80 dose £1.91 * becloforte inhaler hospital pack 80 dose £8.82 * beconase aqueous nasal spray 200 dose £4.01 * zovirax tablets 800mg 35 £75.11, 200mg 25 £20.22, 400mg 56 £74.17 * exosurf neonatal vials and applicators £292.64 * digibind vial 40mg £83.50 * pentostam injection 100ml £64.94 * bretylate injection 10ml £18.92 * vasoxine injection 1ml 5 £2.49 * tracrium injection 2.5ml 5 £8.90 5ml 5 £16.15 25ml 2 £27.75 * mivacron injection 10ml £22.06 5m £13.64 * nimbex injection 6ml 5 £21.01 10ml 5 £40.59 2.5ml 5 £10.99 * nimbex forte injection 30ml £33.43 * anectine injection 2ml 5 £3.49 * valoid tablets 50mg 100 £4.75; injection 1ml 5 £2.71 * leukeran tablets 2mg 25 £8.17, 5mg 25 £12.45 * alkeran injection pack £26.99; tablets 2mg 25 £11.20, 5mg 25 £19.82 * puri-nethol tablets 50mg 25 £18.35, 10mg 100 £20.91 * lanvis tablets 40mg 25 £44.39, 10mg 100 £129.29 * myleran tablets 0.5mg 25 £3.38, 2mg 25 £5.08, 25mg 100 £211.82 * semprex capsules 8mg 84 £4.81 * zofran tablets 8mg 10 £77.36, 4mg 30 £116.03; injection 4ml 5 £64.46, 2ml 5 £32.23; syrup 50ml £38.68; suppository 16mg £15.47 * zofran melt 4mg 10 £38.68, 8mg 10 £77.36 * epivir tablets 150mg 60 £163.59; oral solution 240ml £44.57; alcohol free oral solution 240ml £44.53 * combivir tablets 60 £342.58 * flolan vial with diluent £99.19 * retrovir capsules 250mg 40 £119.33, 100mg 100 £119.33; syrup 200ml £23.87; infusion 20ml 5 £59.90; tablets 300mg 60 £214.76 * wellvone tablets 250mg 189 £360.17; suspension 210ml £360.18 * wellferon injection 3mu £16.20 mrc pack £16.20, 10mu £53.96 mrc pack £53.98, 5mu £26.93 mrc pack £26.99 * zeffix oral solution 5mg/240ml £22.27; tablets 100mg 28 £76.34.

Eisai Ltd (decreased from September 27) * pariet tablets 10mg 7 £3.25 28 £12.98.

Bioglan Laboratories Ltd (decreased from October 1) * anabact gel 15g £4.47 30g £7.89 * baritop 100 suspension 300ml £3.92 * baritop plus powder 200g £3.22 * benzamycin gel 23.3g £7.94 46.6g £15.27 * citramag prep kit 29.5g 10 £11.92 * exelderm cream 30g £2.10 * metosyn fapg cream 25g £1.17 100g £3.95; diluent 100g £2.74 * metosyn ointment 25g £1.04 100g £3.90; scalp lotion 30ml £1.33 * permitabs 400mg 30 £4.04 * synalar cream 30g £1.34; ointment 30g 1.34; 1 in 4 ointment 50g £1.56 * synalar c cream 15g 86p; ointment 15g 86p. (Increased from October 1) * aveeno acnaveen bar 100g £2.19, £3.86 * aveeno bath oil 250ml £4.28, £7.54; cream 100ml £3.78, £6.66; oilated sachets 50g 10 £7.33, £12.92 * aveeno emulave bar 100g £2.19, £3.86; fluid 500ml £5.41, £9.54 * vita e cream 50iu 45g £3.11, £5.48; gel 75iu 100g £3.89, £6.50, 200iu 30g £2.84, £5.01 100g £8.76, £15.44, 400iu 30g £4.27, £7.53 100g £13.93, £24.55 * permitabs 400mg 30 £4.04, £7.12.