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Price Comparisons Between Popular Conventional
Prescription Drugs
and Naturopathic Alternatives
Conventional
Medication
Lipitor 20mg
Mevacor 20 mg
Prilosec 20 mg
Cardiazem CD
240mg
Premarin 0.625 mg
Cost per
Month
$76.64
$67.14
$116.38
($56.38 ins)
$39.27
($19.61ins)
$32.76
($16.82 ins)
$59.90
($33.12 ins)
$33.00
Synthroid 0.1mg
$18.04
Zoloft 50 mg
$67.95
($37.16 ins)
$99.10
Norvasc 5mg
Vasotec 10 mg
Vioxx 12.5 mg
Diflucan 150 mg 1
dose
Ambien 10 mg
$18.79
$95.75
Use
Cholesterol
Ulcer
Blood pressure
Naturopathic Remedy
Red Yeast Rice 600 mg
2x/d
D.G.L. (Deglycerrhizinated
licorice) 3x/d
Rauwolfia tincture
15 drops/d
Cost per
Month
$14.00 $0
$11.23
$0
$4.38
$0
Hormone
replacement
Thyroid
replacement
Depression
Estradiol 1 mg
Black cohosh 20 mg 2x/d
Armourthyroid USP 60mg
$14.30
$8.75
$7.96
$14.50
$0
$7.96
St. John's wort 300 mg 3x/d
$11.97
$0
Arthritis
Glucosamine Sulfate 1500
mg
Boric acid -5 suppositories
$16.48
$0
$0.35
$0
Valerian
$3.00
$0
Vaginal yeast
infection
Insomnia
(green prices: drug cost to insurance companies and HMOs) (Black prices: retail prices)
Sources: Minority Staff Report, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, U.S. House of
Representatives 1998, U.S. Congressman Bernard Sanders publications (Bernie.house.gov/prescriptions), Physicians
Desk Reference 2003, and survey of 6 local pharmacies and supplement stores throughout Northern and Central VT.