Perscription Drugs

We did a search of offshore chemical synthesizers that supply the active ingredients found in drugs approved by the PDA. As we have revealed in past issues of "Life Extension," a significant percentage of drugs sold in the United States contain active ingredients made in other countries. In our independent investigation of how much profit drug companies really make, we obtained the actual price of active ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in America.

Celebrex 100 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $130.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.60 - Percent markup: 21,712%

Claritin 10 mg Consumer pnce (.100 tablets): $215.17
Cost of general active ingredients: $ 0.71 - Percent markup: 30,306%

Keflex 250 mg Consumer Price (100 tablets): $157.39
Cost of general active ingredients: $ 1.88 - Percent markup: 8,372%

Lipitor 20 mg Consumer Price (100 tablets): $272.37
Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80 - Percent markup: 4,696%

Norvasec 10 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $188.29
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14 - Percent markup: 134,493%

Paxil 20 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $220.27
Cost of general active ingredients:$7.60 - Percent markup: 2,898%

Prevacid 30 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $44.77
Cost of general active ingredients:$1.01 - Percent markup: 34,136%

Prilosec 20 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $360.97
Cost of general active ingredients $0.52 - Percent markup: 69,417%

Prozac 20 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $247.47
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11 - Percent markup: 224.973%

Tenormin 50 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $104.47
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13 - Percent markup: 80,362%

Vasotic 10 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $102.47
Cost of general active ingredients:$020 – Percent markup: 51.185%

Xanax 1 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $136.79
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024 - Percent markup: 569,958%

Zestril 20 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $89.89
Cost of general active ingredients $3.20 - Percent markup: 2,809%

Zithromax 600 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19
Cost of general active ingredients:$18.78 - Percent markup: 7.892%

Zocor 40mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $350.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $8.63 - Percent markup: 4,059%

Zoloft 50 mg Consumer price: $206.87
Cost of general active ingredients:$1.75 - Percent markup: 11,821%

-- Budget analyst Sharon L. Davis U.S. Dept. Commerce
– Budget Analyst Mary Palmer - Bureau of Ecconomic analysis Office of Budget and Finance