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Table 4 Median (IQR) prices and affordability of the lowest priced generic inhaled asthma-COPD drugs in both private hospitals and pharmacies

From: Access to affordable medicines and diagnostic tests for asthma and COPD in sub Saharan Africa: the Ugandan perspective

Drug

Median (IQR) price in Ug Shs

Median local price in USD

IRP in USD

MPR

Monthly cost in USD

Days’ wages

Salbutamol 100 μg

10,000 (9000–13,000)

2.8

0.0114

243

2.8

2.2

Formoterol 12 μg.

38,500 (30000–44,000)

10.7

10.7

8.2

Salmeterol 25 μg

30,000 (25500–33,750)

8.3

8.3

6.4

Ipratropium bromide 20 μg

60,000 (48500–65,000)

10.7

0.0220

486

10.7

8.2

Ipratropium 40 μg

64,000 (56750–65,000)

17.8

17.8

13.7

Salbutamol/ipratropium 100/20 μg

50,000 (35000–65,000)

13.9

13.9

10.7

Formoterol-beclomethasone 6/100 μg

30,000 (15000–40,000)

8.3

8.3

6.4

Formoterol-budesonide 4.5/160 μg

80,000 (45000–85,000)

22.2

22.2

17.1

Salmeterol-fluticasone propionate 25/125 μg

48,000 (35000–50,000)

13.3

13.3

10.2

Beclomethasone dipropionate 100 μg

25,000 (20000–30,000)

6.9

0.0444

155

6.9

5.3

Budesonide 200 μg

37,500 (33000–42,000)

10.4

0.0305

340

10.4

8

Fluticasone propionate 250 μg

25,000 (25000–26,000)

6.9

6.9

5.3

Fluticasone propionate 125 μg

27,000 (25000–40,000)

7.5

0.0630

119

7.5

5.8

Fluticasone propionate 50 μg

27,500 (25000–30,000)

7.6

7.6

5.9

Slow release theophylline tablets 100 mg

1000 (1000–1900)

0.3

9

6.9

Tablets montelukast 10 mg

1000 (800–1200)

0.3

9

6.9

Tablets montelukast 20 mg

1200 (1000–1500)

0.3

9

6.9

Adult spacers

60,000 (51000–65,000)

16.7

16.7

12.9

Paediatric spacers

35,000 (28500–45,000)

9.7

9.7

7.5

  1. IQR-Inter-quartile range, UgX-Uganda shillings, USD-US dollars, IRP-International reference price, MPR-Median price ratio