Availability, prices and affordability of selected essential medicines in Jordan: a national survey

Table 8 Number of days’ wages of the lowest paid unskilled government worker required to pay for standard treatments

Condition	Drug name	Dosage and Duration	Day’s wages to pay for treatment
Condition	Drug name	Dosage and Duration	LPG public sector	LPG private sector	OB private sector
Asthma	Salbutamol Inhaler	1 inhaler (200 doses) As needed	0.3	0.3	0.6
Diabetes	Metformin	500 mg three times daily X 30 days	Not found	0.6	0.7
Hypertension	Bisoprolol	5 mg twice daily X 30 days	0.1	1.6	1.5
Hypertension	Captopril	25 mg twice daily X 30 days	0.1	1.6	2.3
Hypercholesterolemia	Simvastatin	20 mg once daily X 30 days	0.1	1.2	1.5
Depression	Amitriptyline	25 mg three times daily X 30 days	0.3	0.5	1.0
Arthritis	Diclofenac	50 mg twice daily X 30 days	0.1	1.1	1.5
Ulcer (duodenal)	Omeprazole	20 mg once daily X 30 days	0.1	4.0	1.9
Ulcer (peptic)	Ranitidine	150 mg twice daily x 30 days	Not found	1.2	1.5
Adult respiratory infection	Amoxicillin	500 mg three times daily ×7 days	0.1	0.6	0.8
Pediatric respiratory infection	Co-trimoxazole suspension	8 + 40 mg/ml 5 mL twice daily × 7 days	0.0	0.1	0.3
Adult respiratory infection	Ciprofloxacin	500 mg twice daily × 7 days	0.1	1.4	4.4
Adult respiratory infection	Ceftriaxone injection	1 g/vial 1vial × 1 day	0.1	2.2	3.3
Anxiety	Diazepam	5 mg daily ×7 days	Not found	0.2	0.0
Pain/ inflammation children	Paracetamol suspension	24 mg/ml 5 mL three times daily × 7 days	0.0	0.	Not found
Epilepsy	Carbamazepine	200 mg twice daily x 30 days	0.2	0.7	0.9

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