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Table 3 Cost of Prescribed Ophthalmic Antibiotics

From: Estimate of the direct and indirect annual cost of bacterial conjunctivitis in the United States

PRESCRIBED OPHTHALMIC ANTIBIOTIC

PERCENTAGE (%) DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE NAMCS DATASET

AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE

(RED BOOK 2004)

Sulfacetamide sodium 10%, 15 ml

19%

$2.30

Moxifloxacin 0.5%, 3 ml

16%

$46.80

Polymyxin/Trimethoprim

10,000 U/1 mg/ml, 10 ml

14%

$17.42

Tobramycin 0.3%, 5 ml

14%

$49.08

Tobramycin/Dexamethasone 0.3%-

0.1%, 5 ml

12%

$59.88

Gentamicin 0.3%, 5 ml

11%

$3.95

Ciprofloxacin 0.3%, 5 ml

6%

$79.38

Neomycin/Polymyxin/Bacitracin

10,000 U/3.5 mg/400 U/g, 3.5 g

4%

$15.77

Bacitracin 500 U/g, 3.5 g

3%

$15.77

Sulfacetamide 10%, 3.5 g

1%

$8.10

Levofloxacin 0.5%, 5 ml

1%

$21.91

Weighted Average Price (US $)

 

US $ 31.02