[upchuck]

The repackaging of generics should be criminal.

Let's look at Lotrel 10/20 a common high blood pressure medicine.

It consists of two medicines. 10mg of amlodipine, a generic drug, and 20mg of benazepril, another genric drug.

You can buy a 30 day supply of these generic drugs at Wally World for $47 and $4 respectively, or about $1.70 per day

But Novartis, the company that markets Lotrel, combines these two generics and puts them in a purple capsule. A 30 day supply of these capsules costs $87.90 at Wally World, or about $2.93 per day.

Outrageous? You betcha!!

[endthematrix]

I presume it’s because Novartis is the company who invested the R&D. It cost them more to produce it. The generics in question come from the brands Norvasc and Lotensin, from Novartis Pharmaceuticals.