Gum (4 mg) | Patch (7 mg–21 mg) | Spray (10 ml) | Bupropion (150 mg) | |||||
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Price | Ratio | Price | Ratio | Price | Ratio | Price | Ratio | |
*Average daily dose: gum, 10 pieces/day; patch, 1/day; spray, 24 applications/day; bupropion, 2 pills/day. | ||||||||
†Prices based on original survey of local pharmacies, December 2002. | ||||||||
‡Prices indicated by a local manufacturer, April 2003. | ||||||||
USA† | 475 | 1.00 | 321 | 1.00 | 1145 | 1.00 | 410 | 1.00 |
Switzerland25 | 362 | 0.76 | 362 | 1.13 | 756 | 0.66 | 354 | 0.86 |
UK26 | 254 | 0.53 | 321 | 1.00 | 649 | 0.57 | 193 | 0.47 |
Canada† | 251 | 0.53 | 303 | 0.94 | NA | – | 120 | 0.29 |
Spain27 | 237 | 0.50 | 235 | 0.73 | 432 | 0.38 | 219 | 0.53 |
France28 | 214 | 0.45 | 259 | 0.81 | N/A | – | 242 | 0.59 |
Sweden† | 153 | 0.32 | 157 | 0.49 | 364 | 0.32 | 189 | 0.46 |
India‡ | 63 | 0.13 | 48 | 0.12 |