Table 2 The medicines that require more than one day’s wage to buy the monthly requirement

Amiodarone 100 mg tablet for cardiovascular diseases

6.5217

Beclometasone 200 μg capsules for bronchial asthma

2.4642

Carvedilol 6.5 mg tablet for cardiovascular diseases

1.9666

Glyceryl trinitrate 500 μg tablet for angina

2.0067

Insulin (soluble) 100 IU/ml vial for diabetes

6.5819

Intermediate acting insulin 10 IU/ml vial for diabetes

5.6187

Ipratropium bromide 40 μg capsule for bronchial asthma

2.0167

Levodopa- carbidopa 100 + 25 mg tablet for parkinsonism

13.6656

Methyldopa 250 mg tablet for cardiovascular diseases

2.0789

Phenytoin 100 mg tablet/capsule for epilepsy

1.1649

Salbutamol 100 μg inhalation (MDI) for bronchial asthma

1.1880

Simvastatin 20 mg tablet/capsule for cardiovascular diseases

1.2040

Sodium valproate 200 mg tablet for epilepsy

4.7634

Sodium valproate 200 mg/5 ml syrup for epilepsy

1.4403