PPIs benefit from ranitidine¡¯s market removal
By Lee, Jeong-Hwan | translator Alice Kang
21.08.18 06:00:52
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Daily cost of PPIs are up to 3 times more expensive than H2 blockers
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With proton pump inhibitors (PPI) enjoying reflective interest in sales from the market removal of ranitidine, which was banned due to detection of the potentially carcinogenic substance NDMA(N-Nitrosodimethylamine), criticism is rising that national health insurance finances are being unnecessarily wasted.The point is that PPIs cost on average twice to three times more than tidine-class H2 receptor blockers, and the increased use of the PPIs not only increases NHI expenditures but also increases the financial burden borne by the patients.
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Lee, Jeong-Hwan(junghwanss@dailypharm.com)
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