Weiner R D, Coffey C E, Campbell C P, Merritt M F
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1983 Jun;34(6):531-5. doi: 10.1176/ps.34.6.531.
Of the various factors that determine the choice of psychotropic drugs, economic cost to patients is often not adequately considered. The authors present results of a small survey of private pharmacy prices for psychopharmacologic agents, and compare these prices with wholesale prices and prices from alternative retail sources. They report a large degree of price variability, which sometimes even overshadows price differences between trade and generic preparations. Problems with bioequivalency among different preparations, the ramifications of prescribing the largest possible dose unit, and other issues related to drug cost are discussed.
在决定选择精神药物的各种因素中，患者的经济成本往往未得到充分考虑。作者展示了一项关于精神药物在私人药房价格的小型调查结果，并将这些价格与批发价格以及其他零售渠道的价格进行了比较。他们报告称价格存在很大差异，有时甚至掩盖了品牌药与仿制药之间的价格差别。文中还讨论了不同制剂之间生物等效性的问题、开具最大剂量单位的影响以及其他与药物成本相关的问题。
