On November 1, pharmacies will price 1,290 medicines for the entry into force of the Order of Reference Prices of 2019, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on September 13.
With this drop in prices they will reduce the public invoice of medicines by more than 39 million euros, according to the calculations of the Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare and that have been remembered by the General Council of Pharmaceutical Colleges.
For example, anti-inflammatory, anti-glaucoma, opioid or antipsychotic analgesics. Thus, the ten active ingredients with the greatest impact on the decline represent 89% of the invoice reduction.
Among the presentations that fall in price are active ingredients such as ibuprofen, asthma drugs such as salbutamol, formoterol or budesonide, antidepressants such as duloxetine, oral contraceptives such as levonorgestrel / ethinylestradiol or antipsychotic medications such as risperidone.
Some outstanding descents:
Amoxicillin (1 gram) in 20 tablets (2.44 euros).
Ibuprofen (600 milligrams) in 40 tablets
(1.26 euros).
Paracetamol (650 milligrams) in 20 tablets
(0.55 euros).
Omeoprazole (20 milligrams) in 28 capsules (1.55 euros).
Losartan (50 milligrams) in 28 tablets
(2.67 euros).
Lovastatin (40 milligrams) in 28 tablets (2.51).