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5 Drug Prices

Refer to the tables below the question as you answer the question.

Table 1. Resource Presenting Only FDA-Approved Uses
Resource Monographs Custom Reports Publisher/Price
DailyMed *FDA-approved Package Inserts (labels)

*No off-label uses

*Manufacturer-specific inactive ingredients are listed

None The DailyMed interface is a US government product and is freely available.

The individual package inserts are published by the manufacturers and just made available by DailyMed

 

 

Table 2. Resources Presenting Both FDA-Approved and Off-Label Uses
Interface/Resource or part of interface Monographs Custom Reports Publisher/Price
Clinical Pharmacology/Tools …………………. *Consumer-level interactions report

*Professional-level Adverse reactions report

Professional-level interactions report

Profesional-level  IV compatibility report (based on Trissel’s)

Elsevier/$$
Clinical Pharmacology/Monographs standard info ……………………. Elsevier/$$
UpToDate LexiDrug/Tools …………………….. Professional-level interactions report

Profesional-level  IV compatibility report (based on Trissel’s)

Wolters Kluwer/$$
UpToDate LexiDrug/LexiDrugs *includes drug prices ……………………….. Wolters Kluwer/$$
UpToDate LexiDrug/Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference *includes English and foreign generic names, scientific names, US and foreign brand/trade names, and CAS registry numbers …………………………. Wolters Kluwer/$$
UpToDate LexiDrug/AHFS DI *pearls of information not found elsewhere …………………………. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc./$$

The third-year resident orders risperidone for Mrs. Dilworth. You wonder how much risperidone actually costs.

Drug price information is available from Lexi-Drugs.

(To remember this, think of Lexi-Drug$.)

 

  • Enter —

risperidone

— in the UpToDate LexiDrug search box.

  • To find price information, click the link to the Lexi-Drugs “RisperiDONE” monograph (red arrow in figure below).

Screenshot of the results of a Lexi-Comp search for -- risperidone. A red arrow points to the link under "Lexi-Drugs"

 

  • Look at the navigation panel on the left.  Initially, the entry for “pricing US” is hidden.
  • Click the arrow next-to “Preparations.”
  • Click the “Pricing US” link that appears.

 

Screenshot of the navigation menu for the risperidone monograph in Lexi-Comp. The "preparations" section is open and an arrow points to the "pricing U.S." option.

 

 

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