disinformation | prescription drugs cost more than gold by Michael Woods, Toledo Blade - December 27, 2002
How do prescription drugs measure up against the gold standard?
Consider the top 10 prescription drugs in terms of 2001 retail sales:
No. 1, Lipitor, the anti-cholesterol medicine, costs about 20 times as much as gold, based on late-2002 prices from www.drugstore.com. Prilosec, used to treat ulcers and gastric reflux, costs 35 times as much. Prevacid, used for the same purposes, costs 25 times more.
Zocor, an anti-cholesterol medicine, is worth 33 times its weight in gold.
Celebrex, the arthritis drug that is No. 5 drug on the best-seller list, costs 14 times more than gold.