Cheap medicinal analogues. Analogues of expensive drugs in Russia - substitutes for expensive drugs, generics

Generics (from the English. Generic) are generic drugs that are a reproduction of the original drug, the active substance of which has expired patent protection. They may differ from the original drug in the composition of excipients, as a rule, the properties and effect of generics are retained.

Generic drugs are much more cost effective than expensive original drugs, but the therapeutic result of these drugs is sometimes quite the same. Therefore, in principle, when it is impossible to buy an original expensive drug for yourself, or you do not agree to give money for a brand, even when its quality is impeccable, you can absolutely stop your respect for inexpensive substitutes for expensive drugs. Let's say the drug "No-shpa", you can safely replace it with inexpensive domestic "Drotaverin", saving well on the purchase of this medicine.

In Russia, a huge number of generics and other analogues of imported drugs are produced. Moreover, due to the absence of various costs for duties and taxes, Russian analogues of imported drugs, with a sufficiently high quality, will be much cheaper than the same generic drugs imported from abroad. The assessment of the quality and safety of these drugs is at a high level, Russian drugs are of better quality and purer than, for example, Vietnamese or Chinese drugs.

Why buy an expensive drug when you are counting on a real healing effect. Let's assume that the imported "Fervex" is a complex medicine for the treatment of colds, it includes paracetamol, which lowers body temperature, ascorbic acid, which strengthens the walls of blood vessels and strengthens the immune system, and pheniramine maleate, which eliminates swelling of the nasal mucosa and respiratory tract. It is not necessary to overpay a lot of money, counting only on an antipyretic result, when the domestic drug Paracetamol can absolutely cope with these. It should be noted that imported drugs often have a complex composition. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, because. the active substances in the complex provide a rapid reduction in the symptoms of a cold and recovery, however, the cost of the medicine grows in proportion to the increase in the number of components of the composition. In any case, even when a certain drug is recommended by your doctor, you have the right to ask to justify the appointment of an expensive imported drug for you, but also ask you to prescribe a more affordable analogue.

Remember, one thing is that you don’t have to blindly choose the cheapest substitute for an expensive medicine in a pharmacy!

Some original drugs are cheaper than generic ones (verified fact). Sometimes there are high-quality generics, and there are a lot of them.
Most importantly, do not fall for a fake drug (fake, surrogate).
Below is a table of drug analogues

Remember the rule: to choose an analogue, look for the international name of the drug prescribed to you, for example, the drug Zantac (Zantac) - international name (INN) - Ranitidine (ranitidin), therefore, you can replace it with an analogue.

List of substitute drugs and analogues of the original ones that you can buy in Russian pharmacies

Cheap analogues of expensive drugs - table

Dear subscribers, today we will talk about analogues of medicines and their prices - or, more precisely, about cheap Russian analogues of expensive imported medicines. As the famous Soviet satirist and humorist Raikin would say: “They are fooling our brother!” But this is true, and often doctors prescribe a more expensive drug, knowing that there is a cheaper option.

And all because they are interested in that. They will also tell the pharmacy where to buy. There is a collusion. I certainly don't want to slander anyone. In addition, sometimes the reception of analogues does not give a stable result. After all, expensive and cheap medicine is like eating at a restaurant or eatery. The ingredients are the same, but the quality is different ...

Table of cheap analogues of expensive drugs with prices for 2017

However, if you do not want to overpay for packaging and for the name, then look at the tables in which you can find all the main equivalents of expensive drugs. There are also colds and other problems.

Prices in rubles change upward due to inflation, so the tables may contain slightly outdated amounts. But you can get a general idea, and the name of the drug does not change from the price. So the information is up to date!

Analogues of drugs - Antipyretics, antispasmodics, pressure, for the brain

Analogues of drugs - Antibiotics, antiviral

The difference in price can be seen without much stress. What to buy is ultimately up to you. In the end, it may not be difficult for someone to give 1000 rubles for a box of medicine.

But we must also remember that the price in no way determines the authenticity of the product. And the temptation is great to fake exactly expensive pills. And no one will bother with cheap ones. There is no benefit.

Drug analogues - Clipping from Rossiyskaya Gazeta

List of expensive and cheap similar drugs

Interchangeable drugs

Affordable analogues of expensive drugs

Some Expensive Medicines and Alternatives

The cost of original drugs and generics

Interchangeable foreign and domestic drugs

It will be useful to learn how to recognize counterfeit medicines

The opinion of doctors is synonymous with expensive drugs, whether to believe the tables on the network

A complete list of expensive drugs and their cheap counterparts - from A to Z

If you didn’t find something in the tables, then you can still go over this list below. If the list does not contain the analogue you need, then ask questions in the comments. I will ask our pharmacist, she has 30 years of experience in pharmacy and she is aware of everything related to the interchangeability of drugs.

B

Dear Belosalik - cheap Akriderm SK

Dear Bepanten - cheap Dexpanthenol

Dear Betaserc - cheap Betahistine

Dear Bystrumgel - cheap Ketoprofen

AT

Dear Voltaren - cheap Diclofenac

G

Expensive Gastrozole - cheap Omeprazole

D

Expensive Detralex - cheap Venarus

Dear Diprosalik - cheap Akriderm SK

Expensive Diflucan - cheap Fluconazole

Dear Fornos - Cheap Rinostop

Z

Expensive Zantac - Cheap Ranitidine

Dear Zyrtec - cheap Cetirinax

Expensive Zovirax - cheap Acyclovir

And

Dear Immunal - cheap Echinacea

Expensive Imodium - cheap Loperamide

Y

Expensive Iodomarin - cheap Potassium iodide

To

Dear Cavinton - cheap Vinpocetine

Expensive Claritin - cheap Lorahexal

Expensive Klacid - cheap Clarithromycin

L

Dear Lazolvan - cheap Ambroxol

Expensive Lamisil - cheap Terbinafine

Dear Lyoton-1000 - cheap Heparin-acry gel 1000

Dear Lomilan - cheap Lorahexal

M

Expensive Maxidex - cheap Dexamethasone

Dear Mezim - cheap Pancreatin

Dear Midriacil - cheap Tropicamide.

Dear Miramistin - cheap Chlorhexidine

Dear Movalis - cheap Meloxicam

H

Dear Neuromultivit - Cheap Pentovit

Dear No-shpa - cheap Drotaverine

Expensive Normodipin - cheap Amlodipine

Expensive Nurofen - Cheap Ibuprofen

O

Dear Omez - cheap Omeprazole

P

Expensive Panadol - cheap Paracetamol

Dear Panangin - cheap Asparkam

Dear Pantogam - cheap Pantocalcin

R

Expensive Rinonorm - cheap Rinostop

FROM

Dear Sumamed - cheap Azithromycin

T

Dear Trental - cheap Pentoxifylline

Dear Trichopolum - cheap Metronidazole

Expensive Troxevasin - cheap Troxerutin

At

Dear Ultop - cheap Omeprazole

Dear Ursofalk - cheap Ursosan

F

Expensive Fastum-gel - cheap Ketoprofen

Expensive Finlepsin - cheap Carbamazepine

Expensive Flucostat - cheap Fluconazole

Dear Furamag - cheap Furagin

X

Expensive Hemomycin - cheap Azithromycin

E

Dear Enap - cheap Enalapril

Dear Ercefuril - cheap Furazolidone

An extended list of cheap analogues of expensive drugs with a description

Belosalik and analogue Akriderm SK

Active substance:
Indications:

Bepanthen and analogue Dexpanthenol

Active substance: dexpanthenol.
Indications: Prevention and treatment of dry skin in case of violation of the integrity of its integument: care for the mammary glands during the feeding period (treatment of "dryness" of the nipples and painful cracks); prevention and treatment of diaper rash in infants; minor injuries, burns, abrasions, bedsores, aseptic postoperative wounds; cervical erosion.

Betaserc and analogue Betahistine

Active substance: betahistine.
Indications: dropsy of the labyrinth of the inner ear, vestibular and labyrinth disorders: dizziness, noise and pain in the ears, headache, nausea, vomiting, hearing loss; vestibular neuronitis, labyrinthitis, benign positional vertigo (including after neurosurgical operations), Meniere's disease. As part of complex therapy - vertebrobasilar insufficiency, post-traumatic encephalopathy, cerebral atherosclerosis.

Bystrumgel and analogue Ketoprofen

Active substance: ketoprofen.
Indications:

Voltaren and analog Diclofenac

Active substance: diclofenac.
Indications: Inflammatory and inflammation-activated degenerative forms of rheumatism: - chronic polyarthritis; - ankylosing spondylitis (Bekhterev's disease); - arthrosis; - spondylarthrosis; - neuritis and neuralgia, such as cervical syndrome, lumbago (backache), sciatica; - Acute attacks of gout. Rheumatic lesions of soft tissues. Painful swelling or inflammation after injury or surgery.

Gastrozole and analogue Omeprazole

Active substance: omeprazole.
Indications:

Heptral and analogue Heptor

Active substance: Ademetionine.
Indications: Chronic cholecystitis, cholangitis, intrahepatic cholestasis, toxic liver damage, incl. alcohol, viral and medicinal origin (antibiotics, antitumor, antituberculosis, antiviral drugs, tricyclic antidepressants, oral contraceptives), fatty liver, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, encephalopathy, incl. associated with liver failure (alcoholic, etc.). Depression (including secondary), withdrawal syndrome.

De-nol and an analogue of Gastro-norms

Active substance: Bismuth tripotassium dicitrate
Indications: peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum in the acute phase, incl. associated with Helicobacter pylori; chronic gastritis and gastroduodenitis, incl. associated with Helicobacter pylori, in the acute phase; other gastrointestinal diseases associated with Helicobacter pylori; dyspepsia not associated with organic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract; treatment and prevention of gastropathy caused by NSAIDs.

Detralex and analogue Venarus

Active substance: diosmin and hesperidin
Indications: venous insufficiency of the lower extremities (functional, organic): feeling of heaviness in the legs, pain, cramps, trophic disorders; acute hemorrhoidal attack.

Diprosalik and analogue Akriderm SK

Active substance: betamethasone and salicylic acid.
Indications: psoriasis, eczema (especially chronic), ichthyosis, limited pruritus with severe lichenification, atopic dermatitis, diffuse neurodermatitis; simple and allergic dermatitis; urticaria, erythema multiforme exudative; simple chronic lichen (limited neurodermatitis). Dermatoses that are not amenable to the treatment of other GCS (especially lichen verrucosa), lichen planus, skin dyshidrosis.

Diflucan and analogue Fluconazole

Active substance: fluconazole.
Indications: Systemic lesions caused by Cryptococcus fungi, including meningitis, sepsis, lung and skin infections, both in patients with a normal immune response and in patients with various forms of immunosuppression. Generalized candidiasis: candidemia, disseminated candidiasis. Genital candidiasis: vaginal (acute and recurrent), balanitis. Prevention of fungal infections in patients with malignant tumors on the background of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Mycoses of the skin: feet, body, inguinal region, onychomycosis, pityriasis versicolor, skin candidal infections. Deep endemic mycoses (coccidioidosis, sporotrichosis and histoplasmosis) in patients with normal immunity.

For nose and analog Rinostop

Active substance: xylometazoline.
Indications:

Zantac and analogue Ranitidine

Active substance: ranitidine.
Indications: Treatment and prevention - peptic ulcer of the stomach and 12 duodenal ulcer, NSAID gastropathy, heartburn (associated with hyperchlorhydria), hypersecretion of gastric juice, symptomatic ulcers, stress ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract, erosive esophagitis, reflux esophagitis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, systemic mastocytosis, polyendocrine adenomatosis; dyspepsia, characterized by epigastric or retrosternal pain associated with eating or disturbing sleep, but not caused by the above conditions; treatment of bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract, prevention of recurrence of gastric bleeding in the postoperative period; aspiration pneumonitis, rheumatoid arthritis.

Zyrtec and analogue Cetirinax

Active substance: cetirizine.
Indications: seasonal and year-round allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis (itching, sneezing, rhinorrhea, lacrimation, conjunctival hyperemia), urticaria (including chronic idiopathic urticaria), hay fever, allergic dermatitis, skin itching, angioedema, atopic bronchial asthma (as part of complex therapy).

Zovirax and analogue Acyclovir

Active substance: acyclovir.
Indications: Cream and ointment for external use - herpes simplex of the skin and mucous membranes, genital herpes (primary and recurrent); localized herpes zoster (auxiliary treatment). Eye ointment - herpetic keratitis.

Immunal and analogue of Echinacea

Active substance: echinacea purpurea extract.
Indications: Immunodeficiency states (including against the background of mental and physical overwork), manifested by acute infectious diseases: "colds" diseases, influenza, infectious and inflammatory diseases of the nasopharynx and oral cavity, recurrent infections of the respiratory and urinary tract). Secondary immunodeficiency states after antibiotic therapy, cytostatic, immunosuppressive and radiation therapy.

Imodium and analogue Loperamide

Active substance: loperamide.
Indications: diarrhea (acute and chronic of various origins: allergic, emotional, medicinal, radiation; with a change in the diet and qualitative composition of food, with metabolic and absorption disorders). Stool regulation in patients with ileostomy. As an auxiliary drug - diarrhea of ​​​​infectious genesis.

Iodomarin and analogue Potassium iodide

Active substance: potassium iodide.
Indications: endemic goiter. Prevention of diseases caused by iodine deficiency (endemic goiter, diffuse euthyroid goiter, during pregnancy, condition after goiter resection).

Cavinton and analogue Vinpocetine

Active substance: vinpocetine.
Indications: acute and chronic cerebrovascular accident (transient ischemia, progressive stroke, completed stroke, post-stroke condition). Neurological and mental disorders in patients with cerebrovascular insufficiency (memory impairment; dizziness; aphasia, apraxia, movement disorders, headache).

Clacid and analogue Clarithromycin

Active substance: clarithromycin.
Indications: Antibiotic. Bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms: infections of the upper respiratory tract (laryngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, sinusitis), lower respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia, SARS), skin and soft tissues (folliculitis, furunculosis, impetigo, wound infection), medium otitis; peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, mycobacteriosis, chlamydia.

Claritin and analogue Lorahexal

Active substance: loratadine.
Indications:

Xenical and analogue Orsoten

Active substance: orlistat.
Indications: Obesity (in case only dietary measures have led to a decrease in body weight of at least 2.5 kg in 4 weeks). The action of the drug is based on blocking the work of lipase enzymes, which break down fats to a level where the body can absorb them.

Lazolvan and analogue Ambroxol

Active substance: ambroxol.
Indications: Mucolytic agent, stimulates prenatal development of the lungs (increases the synthesis, secretion of surfactant and blocks its decay). It has a secretomotor, secretolytic and expectorant effect; stimulates the serous cells of the glands of the bronchial mucosa, increases the content of the mucous secretion and the release of a surfactant (surfactant) in the alveoli and bronchi; normalizes the disturbed ratio of serous and mucous components of sputum. By activating hydrolyzing enzymes and increasing the release of lysosomes from Clark cells, it reduces the viscosity of sputum. Increases the motor activity of the ciliated epithelium, increases mucociliary transport.

Lamisil and analogue Terbinafine

Active substance: terbinafine.
Indications: Fungal diseases of the skin and nails (for onychomycosis do not use dosage forms for topical use) caused by sensitive pathogens (trichophytosis, microsporia, epidermophytosis, rubrophytosis, candidiasis of the skin and mucous membranes); versicolor versicolor (topical dosage forms only).

Lioton-1000 and analogue Heparin-acry gel 1000

Active substance: heparin sodium.
Indications: Prevention and treatment of thrombophlebitis of superficial veins, post-injection and post-infusion phlebitis, hemorrhoids (including postpartum), elephantiasis, superficial periphlebitis, lymphangitis, superficial mastitis, localized infiltrates and edema, injuries and bruises (including muscle tissue, tendons , joints), subcutaneous hematoma.

Lomilan and analogue Lorahexal

Active substance: loratadine.
Indications: Allergic rhinitis (seasonal and year-round), conjunctivitis, hay fever, urticaria (including chronic idiopathic), angioedema, pruritic dermatosis; pseudo-allergic reactions caused by the release of histamine; allergic reactions to insect bites.

Maxidex and analogue Dexamethasone

Active substance: dexamethasone.
Indications: Conjunctivitis (non-purulent and allergic), keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis (without damage to the epithelium), blepharitis, scleritis, episcleritis, retinitis, iritis, iridocyclitis and other uveitis of various origins, blepharoconjunctivitis, optic neuritis, retrobulbar neuritis, superficial corneal trauma of various etiologies (after complete corneal epithelization), prevention of inflammation after surgery, sympathetic ophthalmia. Allergic and inflammatory diseases (including microbial) of the ears: otitis.

Mezim and analogue Pancreatin

Active substance: pancreatin.
Indications: Replacement therapy for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: chronic pancreatitis, pancreatectomy, condition after irradiation, dyspepsia, cystic fibrosis; flatulence, diarrhea of ​​non-infectious genesis. Violation of the assimilation of food (condition after resection of the stomach and small intestine); to improve the digestion of food in persons with normal gastrointestinal function in case of nutritional errors (eating fatty foods, large amounts of food, irregular meals) and with violations of chewing function, sedentary lifestyle, prolonged immobilization.

My comment! With regards to this analogue, according to my observations, and according to the reviews of people who underwent therapy with mezim, the results are excellent. But pancreatin, alas, does not give such a clear improvement.

Midriacil and analogue Tropicamide

Active substance: tropicamide.
Indications: diagnostics in ophthalmology (examination of the fundus, determination of refraction by skiascopy), inflammatory processes and adhesions in the chambers of the eye. Drug addicts use it to enhance the effect of heroin and opiates.

Miramistin and analogue Chlorhexidine

Active substance: in the first case - miramistin, in the second - chlorhexidine.
Indications: Antiseptics, as a therapeutic and prophylactic agent for various infections, for antiseptic treatment and disinfection, as well as for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

Movalis and analogue Meloxicam

Active substance: meloxicam.
Indications: rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis; ankylosing spondylitis (Bekhterev's disease) and other inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the joints, accompanied by pain.

Neuromultivit and analogue Pentovit

Active substance: thiamine chloride (B1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (B6), cyanocobalamin (B12).
Indications: Vitamins. Polyneuropathy; neuritis; neuralgia; trigeminal neuralgia; radicular syndrome caused by degenerative changes in the spine; sciatica; lumbago; plexitis; intercostal neuralgia; paresis of the facial nerve.

No-shpa and analogue Drotaverin

Active substance: drotaverin.
Indications: Prevention and treatment: spasm of smooth muscles of internal organs (renal colic, biliary colic, intestinal colic, biliary tract and gallbladder dyskinesia of the hyperkinetic type, cholecystitis, postcholecystectomy syndrome); pyelitis; spastic constipation, spastic colitis, proctitis, tenesmus; pylorospasm, gastroduodenitis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer. Endarteritis, spasm of peripheral, cerebral and coronary arteries. Algodysmenorrhea, threatening miscarriage, threatening premature birth; spasm of the pharynx of the uterus during childbirth, prolonged opening of the pharynx, postpartum contractions. When conducting some instrumental studies, cholecystography.

Normodipin and analogue Amlodipine

Active substance: amlodipine.
Indications: arterial hypertension, exertional angina, vasospastic angina, painless myocardial ischemia, decompensated CHF (as adjuvant therapy).

Nurofen and analogue Ibuprofen

Active substance: ibuprofen.
Indications: Pain syndrome: myalgia, arthralgia, ossalgia, arthritis, sciatica, migraine, headache (including menstrual syndrome) and toothache, cancer, neuralgia, tendinitis, tendovaginitis, bursitis, neuralgic amyotrophy (Personage-Turner disease) , post-traumatic and postoperative pain syndrome, accompanied by inflammation.

Omez and analogue Omeprazole

Active substance: omeprazole.
Indications:- peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum (including resistant to treatment with other antiulcer drugs); - reflux esophagitis; - erosive and ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum associated with the use of NSAIDs; - peptic ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori (in combination with antibacterial drugs); - Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; - prevention of acid aspiration (Mendelsohn's syndrome).

Panangin and analogue Asparkam

Active substance: potassium and magnesium aspartate.
Indications: hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia (including those that occurred against the background of vomiting, diarrhea; therapy with saluretics, corticosteroids and laxative drugs), accompanied by arrhythmias (including paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, atrial and ventricular extrasystoles) against the background of digitalis intoxication, heart failure or heart attack myocardium.

Pantogam and analogue Pantocalcin

Active substance: hopantenic acid.
Indications: Cerebrovascular insufficiency caused by atherosclerotic changes in cerebral vessels, senile dementia (initial forms), residual organic brain lesions in adults and the elderly, cerebral organic insufficiency in patients with schizophrenia, residual effects of neuroinfections, post-vaccination encephalitis, TBI (as part of complex therapy) .

Panadol and analogue Paracetamol

Active substance: paracetamol.
Indications: Feverish syndrome on the background of infectious diseases; pain syndrome (mild and moderate): arthralgia, myalgia, neuralgia, migraine, toothache and headache, algomenorrhea.

Preductal MB and analogue Trimetazidine MB

Active substance: Trimetazidine. MB - tablets with modified release of trimetazidine.
Indications: Ischemic heart disease: prevention of angina attacks (in complex therapy); treatment of cochleovestibular disorders of ischemic nature (including dizziness, tinnitus, hearing impairment); Cochleovestibular disorders of ischemic nature (tinnitus, hearing impairment), chorioretinal vascular disorders with an ischemic component.

Rinonorm and analogue Rinostop

Active substance: xylometazoline.
Indications: Acute allergic rhinitis, acute respiratory infections with rhinitis, sinusitis, hay fever; otitis media (to reduce swelling of the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx). Preparation of the patient for diagnostic manipulations in the nasal passages.

Sumamed and analogue Azithromycin

Active substance: azithromycin.
Indications:

Taufon and analogue Taurine

Active substance: Taurine.
Indications: Dystrophic lesions of the retina, incl. hereditary tapetoretinal abiotrophy; corneal dystrophy; senile, diabetic, traumatic and radiation cataracts; corneal injury (as a stimulator of reparative processes).

Trental and analogue Pentoxifylline

Active substance: pentoxifylline.
Indications: Peripheral circulation disorders, Raynaud's disease, disorders of tissue trophism; disorders of cerebral circulation: ischemic and post-apoplexy conditions; cerebral atherosclerosis (dizziness, headache, memory impairment, sleep disturbances), dyscirculatory encephalopathy, viral neuroinfection; IHD, condition after myocardial infarction; acute circulatory disorders in the retina and choroid; otosclerosis, degenerative changes against the background of the pathology of the vessels of the inner ear with a gradual decrease in hearing; COPD, bronchial asthma; impotence of vascular origin.

Trichopolum and analogue Metronidazole

Active substance: metronidazole.
Indications: Antibiotic. Protozoal infections: extraintestinal amoebiasis, including amoebic liver abscess, intestinal amoebiasis, trichomoniasis, giardiasis, balantidiasis, giardiasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, trichomonas vaginitis, trichomonas urethritis. Infections caused by Bacteroides: bone and joint infections, CNS infections, incl. meningitis, brain abscess, bacterial endocarditis, pneumonia, empyema and lung abscess, sepsis. Infections caused by Clostridium spp., Peptococcus and Peptostreptococcus species: infections of the abdominal cavity (peritonitis, liver abscess), infections of the pelvic organs (endometritis, abscess of the fallopian tubes and ovaries, infections of the vaginal fornix). Pseudomembranous colitis (associated with the use of antibiotics). Gastritis or duodenal ulcer associated with Helicobacter pylori.

Triderm and analogue Akriderm GK

Active substance: Gentamicin + Betamethasone + Clotrimazole.
Indications: Simple and allergic dermatitis (especially complicated by secondary infection), atopic dermatitis (including diffuse neurodermatitis), limited neurodermatitis, eczema, dermatomycosis (dermatophytosis, candidiasis, versicolor versicolor), especially when localized in the inguinal region and large skin folds; simple chronic lichen (limited neurodermatitis).

Troxevasin and analogue Troxerutin

Active substance: troxerutin.
Indications: Varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency with manifestations such as static heaviness in the legs, leg ulcers, trophic skin lesions, superficial thrombophlebitis, periphlebitis, phlebothrombosis, leg ulcers, dermatitis, hemorrhoids, post-thrombotic syndrome, diabetic microangiopathy, retinopathy, hemorrhagic diathesis.

Ultop and analogue Omeprazole

Active substance: omeprazole.
Indications:- peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum (including resistant to treatment with other antiulcer drugs); - reflux esophagitis; - erosive and ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum associated with the use of NSAIDs; - peptic ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori (in combination with antibacterial drugs); - Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; - prevention of acid aspiration (Mendelsohn's syndrome).

Ursofalk and analogue Ursosan

Active substance: Ursodeoxycholic acid.
Indications: uncomplicated cholelithiasis (dissolution of cholesterol gallstones in the gallbladder, if they cannot be removed by surgical or endoscopic methods), chronic opisthorchiasis, primary biliary cirrhosis of the liver, primary sclerosing cholangitis, chronic active hepatitis, chronic autoimmune hepatitis (atypical forms), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, acute and chronic viral hepatitis, toxic liver damage (alcoholic, drug), atresia of the intrahepatic biliary tract, cholestasis with parenteral nutrition, biliary reflux esophagitis, biliary reflux gastritis, biliary dyskinesia, alcoholic hepatosis, acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis with cholestatic syndrome, liver pathology against the background of cystic fibrosis, congenital atresia of the bile duct, biliary dyspeptic syndrome (with cholecystopathy and biliary dyskinesia), neonatal cholestasis associated with total parenteral nutrition. Prevention of liver damage when using hormonal contraceptives and cytostatics, prevention of the formation of gallstones in obese patients during rapid weight loss.

Fastum-gel and analogue Ketoprofen

Active substance: ketoprofen.
Indications: Gel, cream: acute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the musculoskeletal system (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, arthrosis, osteochondrosis); injuries of the musculoskeletal system (including sports), sprains, ruptures of ligaments and tendons of muscles, tendinitis, bruising of muscles and ligaments, edema, phlebitis, lymphangitis, inflammation of the skin. Rinse solution: inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity and pharynx (tonsillitis, pharyngitis, stomatitis, glossitis, gingivitis, periodontitis, periodontal disease, etc.).

Finlepsin and analogue Carbamazepine

Active substance: carbamazepine.
Indications: Epilepsy (excluding absences, myoclonic or flaccid seizures) - partial seizures with complex and simple symptoms, primary and secondary generalized forms of seizures with tonic-clonic convulsions, mixed forms of seizures (monotherapy or in combination with other anticonvulsant drugs). Idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia in multiple sclerosis (typical and atypical), idiopathic glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Phase-flowing affective disorders (including bipolar) prevention of exacerbations, weakening of clinical manifestations during exacerbation. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (anxiety, convulsions, hyperexcitability, sleep disturbances). Diabetic neuropathy with pain syndrome. Diabetes insipidus of central origin.

Flucostat and analogue Fluknazol

Active substance: fluconazole.
Indications: Systemic infections caused by Cryptococcus fungi, including meningitis, sepsis, lung and skin infections. Generalized candidiasis: candidemia, disseminated candidiasis. Genital candidiasis: vaginal (acute and recurrent), balanitis. Prevention of fungal infections in patients with malignant tumors on the background of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Mycoses of the skin: feet, body, inguinal region, onychomycosis, pityriasis versicolor, skin candidal infections. Deep endemic mycoses (coccidioidosis, sporotrichosis and histoplasmosis) in patients with normal immunity.

Furamag and analogue Furagin

Active substance: furazidin.
Indications: infectious and inflammatory diseases: purulent wounds, cystitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis, purulent arthritis; infections of the female genital organs; conjunctivitis, keratitis; burns; prevention of infections during urological operations, cystoscopy, catheterization. For washing cavities: peritonitis, pleural empyema.

Hemomycin and analogue Azithromycin

Active substance: azithromycin.
Indications: Antibiotic. Infections of the upper respiratory tract and ENT organs caused by sensitive pathogens: pharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, otitis media; scarlet fever; infections of the lower respiratory tract: pneumonia, bronchitis; skin and soft tissue infections: erysipelas, impetigo, secondarily infected dermatoses; urinary tract infections: gonorrheal and non-gonorrheal urethritis, cervicitis, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum associated with Helicobacter pylori.

Enap and analog Enalapril

Active substance: knewadj.
Indications: arterial hypertension (symptomatic, renovascular, including with scleroderma, etc.), CHF I-III stage; prevention of coronary ischemia in patients with LV dysfunction, asymptomatic LV dysfunction.

Ercefuril and analogue Furazolidone

Active substance: nifuroxazide in the first case and furazolidone in the second.
Indications: Diarrhea of ​​infectious origin, dysentery, paratyphoid fever, giardiasis, food poisoning.

What are the tricks in pharmacies

I myself go to pharmacies exclusively to get acquainted with the assortment of herbs. So, I come specifically to write this note to the pharmacy. I'm talking to our pharmacist. For example, I say, what are the drops from the common cold?

She calls me a list of 100 rubles to the top. Well, according to an acquaintance, he gives out more information that, they say, there is, of course, cheaper, for 20 rubles. These are Xilen and Rinostop. Moreover, the active substance in them is the same. This is xylometazoline.

Why sell expensive and cheap do not sell clearly and without comment. So it is important to be able to understand this sea of ​​\u200b\u200bmedicines if you already use them.

Currently, there are a huge number of analogues of expensive drugs. What is the reason for the difference in the cost of analogue drugs.

The variety of drugs in modern pharmacies is simply amazing. And literally every day there are more and more pharmaceuticals. But if you take a closer look at the names and delve into the attached annotations in detail, you can find one curious thing.

The number of drug names is growing by leaps and bounds. But the number of drug groups isolated according to the mechanism of action remained almost the same. This means that there are analogues of expensive drugs, as the same drug has many analogues - the same drugs that have a similar, or even identical effect.

Moreover, the price between these analogues of expensive and cheap drugs can vary several times. And here the consumer is faced with the choice of which drug to buy - cheap or expensive?

On the one hand, it is necessary to eliminate the pathology as soon as possible and achieve improvement, because medicines are not bought from a good life. On the other hand, we all have the sad experience that more expensive is not always better. So how to be? What to buy?

To answer this question, you need to understand the reasons for such a difference in price. And there are several of them:

• Different content of the active active substance. Of course, where there is more of this substance, the price will be more expensive.
• A different number of tablets in a package is the same.
• The presence of other ingredients in addition to the active substance. These ingredients can facilitate the absorption of the active substance, enhance its effect, eliminate side effects, etc. The price in this case will also be higher.
• Similar but different active ingredients. Moreover, one of them is more effective, and with fewer side effects. Of course, such a medicine will cost more.
• The same active ingredient, and in the same dosage. But one drug is more advertised, and therefore more known to the consumer. Of course, such a medicine will cost more. After all, advertising is not cheap, and the money spent on it must be returned. In this case, at the expense of the consumer.
• Generics. This tricky word refers to fakes. No, not the fakes made by the bad guys in the dark underground labs. These are medicines manufactured legally, legally. It's just that the patent of every known medicine has its own validity period. At the end of this period, the drug can be manufactured by anyone - any pharmaceutical company. Such a medicine is a generic. A generic drug may not be manufactured as carefully as its patented predecessor. Therefore, it may be inferior in quality to the original preparation. Or maybe not to yield - it all depends on the technology.

As can be seen from all of the above, there is no clear answer as to what is better - cheap or expensive. Therefore, we will analyze the most typical and common medicinal analogues with different costs.

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To be honest, our competence in pharmacology leaves much to be desired. When we come to the doctor and receive an impressive list of drugs at the end of the appointment, we are unlikely to question it, because a person, when sick, is inclined to trust rather than doubt. And so, having secured the authority of the attending physician, we go to the pharmacy and humbly lay out a round sum for those drugs that should raise us to our feet. And we rarely think about the cost-effectiveness of treatment, unless, of course, the amount of treatment exceeds a certain threshold value. We stand outside the process of determining and choosing this or that drug, the doctor and the manufacturer, with all their marketing, decide for us what to use. To become an active participant in your treatment, you need to know that there are almost always analogues of medicines prescribed to you with the same active ingredient and a wide range in price, and sometimes the number of such analogues reaches dozens. The advantage of more expensive drugs is in the degree of purification, in the presence of additional additives that affect the duration of the action of the main substance, in the absence of certain side effects. The price of more expensive drugs contains a marketing component (direct advertising, "bribery of a doctor", a pharmacy allowance), also a patent component (it took a lot of time and money to develop, which needs to be repaid), of course, a component associated with more complex manufacturing technology, well and profit. On the other hand, cheap drugs cannot be counterfeited, it is not economically viable. But how to make a choice? The information below should help you at least think about the choice. And you will be at the doctor's appointment - try it about analogues, ask about the active substance. For example, someone drinks pentalgin, nurofen for headaches, and someone citramone and analgin with the same positive effect, but for other money.

The medicines listed below have contraindications, be sure to consult your doctor

Belosalik and Akriderm SK

price:
Belosalik: 350r. 30g.
Akriderm SK: 180 rub. 30g.
Active substance:
Indications:

Bepanthen and Dexpanthenol

price:
Bepanthen: 230r. 5% 30g.
Dexpanthenol: 83r. 5% 30g.
Active substance: dexpanthenol.
Indications: Inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, nose, larynx, respiratory tract, gastric mucosa; paresthesia in neurological diseases, "dry" rhinitis (after treatment of secondary acute rhinitis with vasoconstrictor drugs, after staying in a room with an artificial climate or in areas with a dry climate); postoperative treatment (after surgery on the nasal septum and after tonsillectomy), preeclampsia, erosion of the urogenital tract.

Betaserc and Betahistine

price:
Betaserc: 520r. 24mg N20
Betahistine: 220r. 24mg N20
Active substance: betahistine.
Indications: dropsy of the labyrinth of the inner ear, vestibular and labyrinth disorders: dizziness, noise and pain in the ears, headache, nausea, vomiting, hearing loss; vestibular neuronitis, labyrinthitis, benign positional vertigo (including after neurosurgical operations), Meniere's disease. As part of complex therapy - vertebrobasilar insufficiency, post-traumatic encephalopathy, cerebral atherosclerosis.

Bystrumgel and Ketoprofen

price:
Bystrumgel: 150r. 2.5% 50g
Ketoprofen: 60 rub. 2.5% 50g
Active substance: ketoprofen.
Indications:

Voltaren and Diclofenac

price:
Voltaren: 284 rub. 50mg N20
Diclofenac: 28r. 50mg N20
Active substance: diclofenac.
Indications: Inflammatory and inflammation-activated degenerative forms of rheumatism: - chronic polyarthritis; - ankylosing spondylitis (Bekhterev's disease); - arthrosis; - spondylarthrosis; - neuritis and neuralgia, such as cervical syndrome, lumbago (lumbago), sciatica; - Acute attacks of gout. Rheumatic lesions of soft tissues. Painful swelling or inflammation after injury or surgery.

Gastrozole and Omeprazole

price:
Gastrozole: 100 rub. 20mg N28
Omeprazole: 44r. 20mg N30
Active substance: omeprazole.
Indications:

Detralex and Venarus

price:
Detralex: 600r. 500mg N30
Venarus: 360r. 500mg N30
Active substance: diosmin and hesperidin
Indications: venous insufficiency of the lower extremities (functional, organic): feeling of heaviness in the legs, pain, cramps, trophic disorders; acute hemorrhoidal attack.

Diprosalik and Akriderm SK

price:
Diprosalic: 280r. 30g.
Akriderm SK: 180 rub. 30g.
Active substance: betamethasone and salicylic acid.
Indications: psoriasis, eczema (especially chronic), ichthyosis, limited pruritus with severe lichenification, atopic dermatitis, diffuse neurodermatitis; simple and allergic dermatitis; urticaria, erythema multiforme exudative; simple chronic lichen (limited neurodermatitis). Dermatoses that are not amenable to treatment other GCS (especially lichen verrucosa), lichen planus, skin dyshidrosis.

diflucan and fluconazole

price:
Diflucan: 400r. 150mg N1
Fluconazole: 25 rub. 150mg N1
Active substance: fluconazole.
Indications:

For nose and rinostop

price:
For the nose: 80r. 0.1% 10ml
Rinostop: 20 rub. 0.1% 10ml
Active substance: xylometazoline.
Indications:

Zantac and Ranitidine

price:
Zantac: 250r. 150mg N20
Ranitidine: 22r. 150mg N20
Active substance: ranitidine.
Indications: Treatment and prevention - peptic ulcer of the stomach and 12 duodenal ulcer, NSAID gastropathy, heartburn (associated with hyperchlorhydria), hypersecretion of gastric juice, symptomatic ulcers, stress ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract, erosive esophagitis, reflux esophagitis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, systemic mastocytosis, polyendocrine adenomatosis; dyspepsia, characterized by epigastric or retrosternal pain associated with eating or disturbing sleep, but not caused by the above conditions; treatment of bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract, prevention of recurrence of gastric bleeding in the postoperative period; aspiration pneumonitis, rheumatoid arthritis.

Zyrtec and Cetirinax

price:
Zyrtec: 240r. 10mg N7
Cetirinax: 70r. 10mg N7
Active substance: cetirizine.
Indications: seasonal and year-round allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis (itching, sneezing, rhinorrhea, lacrimation, conjunctival hyperemia), urticaria (including chronic idiopathic urticaria), hay fever, allergic dermatitis, skin itching, angioedema, atopic bronchial asthma (as part of complex therapy).

Zovirax and Acyclovir

price:
Zovirax: 250r. 5% 2y.
Aciclovir: 30 rub. 5% 5g.
Active substance: acyclovir.
Indications: Cream and ointment for external use - herpes simplex of the skin and mucous membranes, genital herpes (primary and recurrent); localized herpes zoster (auxiliary treatment). Eye ointment - herpetic keratitis.

Immunal and Echinacea

price:
Immunal: 210 rub. 50ml
Echinacea: 50r. 50ml
Active substance: echinacea purpurea extract.
Indications: Immunodeficiency states (including against the background of mental and physical overwork), manifested by acute infectious diseases: "colds" diseases, influenza, infectious and inflammatory diseases of the nasopharynx and oral cavity, recurrent infections of the respiratory and urinary tract). Secondary immunodeficiency states after antibiotic therapy, cytostatic, immunosuppressive and radiation therapy.

Imodium and Loperamide

price:
Imodium: 300r. 2mg N10
Loperamide: 15 rubles 2mg N10
Active substance: loperamide.
Indications: diarrhea (acute and chronic of various origins: allergic, emotional, medicinal, radiation; with a change in the diet and qualitative composition of food, with metabolic and absorption disorders). Stool regulation in patients with ileostomy. As an auxiliary drug - diarrhea of ​​​​infectious genesis.

Iodomarin and Potassium iodide

price:
Iodomarin: 200 rub. 200mcg N100
Potassium iodide: 90r. 200mcg N100
Active substance: potassium iodide.
Indications: endemic goiter. Prevention of diseases caused by iodine deficiency (endemic goiter, diffuse euthyroid goiter, during pregnancy, condition after goiter resection).

Cavinton and Vinpocetine

price:
Cavinton: 600r. 10mg N90
Vinpocetine: 225 rub. 10mg N90
Active substance: vinpocetine.
Indications: acute and chronic cerebrovascular accident (transient ischemia, progressive stroke, completed stroke, post-stroke condition). Neurological and mental disorders in patients with cerebrovascular insufficiency (memory impairment; dizziness; aphasia, apraxia, movement disorders, headache).

Claritin and Lorahexal

price:
Claritin: 160 rub. 10mg N7
Lorahexal: 50r. 10mg N10
Active substance: loratadine.
Indications:

CLACID and Clarithromycin

price:
CLACID: 615 rub. 250mg N10
Clarithromycin: 175 rub. 250mg N14
Active substance: clarithromycin.
Indications: Antibiotic. Bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms: infections of the upper respiratory tract (laryngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, sinusitis), lower respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia, SARS), skin and soft tissues (folliculitis, furunculosis, impetigo, wound infection), medium otitis; peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, mycobacteriosis, chlamydia.

Lazolvan and Ambroxol

price:
Lazolvan: 320r. 30mg N50
Ambroxol: 15 rubles 30mg N20
Active substance: ambroxol.
Indications: Mucolytic agent, stimulates prenatal development of the lungs (increases the synthesis, secretion of surfactant and blocks its decay). It has a secretomotor, secretolytic and expectorant effect; stimulates the serous cells of the glands of the bronchial mucosa, increases the content of the mucous secretion and the release of a surfactant (surfactant) in the alveoli and bronchi; normalizes the disturbed ratio of serous and mucous components of sputum. By activating hydrolyzing enzymes and increasing the release of lysosomes from Clark cells, it reduces the viscosity of sputum. Increases the motor activity of the ciliated epithelium, increases mucociliary transport.

Lamisil and Terbinafine

price:
Lamisil: 380r. gel 1% 15g.
Terbinafine: 100 rub. gel 1% 15g.
Active substance: terbinafine.
Indications: Fungal diseases of the skin and nails (for onychomycosis do not use dosage forms for topical use) caused by sensitive pathogens (trichophytosis, microsporia, epidermophytosis, rubrophytosis, candidiasis of the skin and mucous membranes); versicolor versicolor (topical dosage forms only).

Lyoton-1000 and Heparin-acry gel 1000

price:
Lyoton-1000: 320r. 50g
Heparin-acry gel 1000: 90r. 30g.
Active substance: heparin sodium.
Indications: Prevention and treatment of thrombophlebitis of superficial veins, post-injection and post-infusion phlebitis, hemorrhoids (including postpartum), elephantiasis, superficial periphlebitis, lymphangitis, superficial mastitis, localized infiltrates and edema, injuries and bruises (including muscle tissue, tendons , joints), subcutaneous hematoma.

Lomilan and Lorahexal

price:
Lomilan: 140 rub. 10mg N10
Lorahexal: 48r. 10mg N10
Active substance: loratadine.
Indications: Allergic rhinitis (seasonal and year-round), conjunctivitis, hay fever, urticaria (including chronic idiopathic), angioedema, pruritic dermatosis; pseudo-allergic reactions caused by the release of histamine; allergic reactions to insect bites.

Maxidex and Dexamethasone

price:
Maxidex: 110r. 0.1% 5ml
Dexamethasone: 40r. 0.1% 10ml
Active substance: dexamethasone.
Indications: Conjunctivitis (non-purulent and allergic), keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis (without damage to the epithelium), blepharitis, scleritis, episcleritis, retinitis, iritis, iridocyclitis and other uveitis of various origins, blepharoconjunctivitis, optic neuritis, retrobulbar neuritis, superficial corneal injuries of various etiologies (after complete epithelialization of the cornea), prevention of inflammation after surgery, sympathetic ophthalmia. Allergic and inflammatory diseases (including microbial) of the ears: otitis.

Mezim and Pancreatin

price:
Mezim: 275 rub. 4200ED N80
Pancreatin: 27r. 3500ED N60
Active substance: pancreatin.
Indications: Replacement therapy for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: chronic pancreatitis, pancreatectomy, condition after irradiation, dyspepsia, cystic fibrosis; flatulence, diarrhea of ​​non-infectious genesis. Violation of the assimilation of food (condition after resection of the stomach and small intestine); to improve the digestion of food in persons with normal gastrointestinal function in case of nutritional errors (eating fatty foods, large amounts of food, irregular meals) and with violations of chewing function, sedentary lifestyle, prolonged immobilization.

Midriacil and Tropicamide

price:
Midriacil: 350r. 1% 15ml
Tropicamide: 100 rub. 1% 10ml
Active substance: tropicamide.
Indications: diagnostics in ophthalmology (examination of the fundus, determination of refraction by skiascopy), inflammatory processes and adhesions in the chambers of the eye.

Miramistin and Chlorhexidine

price:
Miramistin: 225 rub. 0.01% 150ml
Chlorhexidine: 12 rubles 0.05% 100ml
Active substance: in the first case - miramistin, in the second - chlorhexidine.
Indications: Antiseptics, as a therapeutic and prophylactic agent for various infections, for antiseptic treatment and disinfection, as well as for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

Movalis and Meloxicam

price:
Movalis: 400r. 15mg N10
Meloxicam: 120r.15mg N20
Active substance: meloxicam.
Indications: rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis; ankylosing spondylitis (Bekhterev's disease) and other inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the joints, accompanied by pain.

Neuromultivit and Pentovit

price:
Neuromultivit: 100 rub. N20
Pentovit: 40r. N50
Active substance: thiamine chloride (B1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (B6), cyanocobalamin (B12).
Indications: Vitamins. Polyneuropathy; neuritis; neuralgia; trigeminal neuralgia; radicular syndrome caused by degenerative changes in the spine; sciatica; lumbago; plexitis; intercostal neuralgia; paresis of the facial nerve.

No-shpa and Drotaverine

price:
No-shpa: 180 rub. 40mg N60
Drotaverine: 30 rub. 40mg N50
Active substance: drotaverin.
Indications: Prevention and treatment: spasm of smooth muscles of internal organs (renal colic, biliary colic, intestinal colic, biliary tract and gallbladder dyskinesia of the hyperkinetic type, cholecystitis, postcholecystectomy syndrome); pyelitis; spastic constipation, spastic colitis, proctitis, tenesmus; pylorospasm, gastroduodenitis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer. Endarteritis, spasm of peripheral, cerebral and coronary arteries. Algodysmenorrhea, threatening miscarriage, threatening premature birth; spasm of the pharynx of the uterus during childbirth, prolonged opening of the pharynx, postpartum contractions. When conducting some instrumental studies, cholecystography.

Normodipin and Amlodipine

price:
Normodipin: 650r. 10mg N30
Amlodipine: 40r. 10mg N30
Active substance: amlodipine.
Indications: arterial hypertension, exertional angina, vasospastic angina, painless myocardial ischemia, decompensated CHF (as adjuvant therapy).

Nurofen and Ibuprofen

price:
Nurofen: 100 rub. 200mg N24
Ibuprofen: 12 rubles 200mg N20
Active substance: ibuprofen.
Indications: Pain syndrome: myalgia, arthralgia, ossalgia, arthritis, sciatica, migraine, headache (including menstrual syndrome) and toothache, cancer, neuralgia, tendinitis, tendovaginitis, bursitis, neuralgic amyotrophy (Personage-Turner disease) , post-traumatic and postoperative pain syndrome, accompanied by inflammation.

Omez and Omeprazole

price:
Omez: 165 rub. 20mg N30
Omeprazole: 44r. 20mg N30
Active substance: omeprazole.
Indications:- peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum (including resistant to treatment with other antiulcer drugs); - reflux esophagitis; - erosive and ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum associated with the use of NSAIDs; - peptic ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori (in combination with antibacterial drugs); - Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; - prevention of acid aspiration (Mendelsohn's syndrome).

Panadol and Paracetamol

price:
Panadol: 40r. N12
Paracetamol: 4r. N10
Active substance: paracetamol.
Indications: Feverish syndrome on the background of infectious diseases; pain syndrome (mild and moderate): arthralgia, myalgia, neuralgia, migraine, toothache and headache, algomenorrhea.

Panangin and Asparkam

price:
Panangin: 120r. N50
Asparkam: 10 rub. N50
Active substance: potassium and magnesium aspartate.
Indications: hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia (including those that occurred against the background of vomiting, diarrhea; therapy with saluretics, corticosteroids and laxative drugs), accompanied by arrhythmias (including paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, atrial and ventricular extrasystoles) against the background of digitalis intoxication, heart failure or heart attack myocardium.

Pantogam and Pantocalcin

price:
Pantogam: 320r. 250mg N50
Pantocalcin: 250r. 250mg N50
Active substance: hopantenic acid.
Indications: Cerebrovascular insufficiency caused by atherosclerotic changes in cerebral vessels, senile dementia (initial forms), residual organic brain lesions in adults and the elderly, cerebral organic insufficiency in patients with schizophrenia, residual effects of neuroinfections, post-vaccination encephalitis, TBI (as part of complex therapy) .

Rinonorm and Rinostop

price:
Rhinonorm: 45r. 0.1% 10ml
Rinostop: 20 rub. 0.1% 10ml
Active substance: xylometazoline.
Indications: Acute allergic rhinitis, acute respiratory infections with rhinitis, sinusitis, hay fever; otitis media (to reduce swelling of the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx). Preparation of the patient for diagnostic manipulations in the nasal passages.

Sumamed and Azithromycin

price:
Sumamed: 430r. 250mg N6
Azithromycin: 100 rub. 250mg N6
Active substance: azithromycin.
Indications:

Trental and Pentoxifylline

price:
Trental: 220r. 100mg N60
Pentoxifylline: 50r. 100mg N60
Active substance: pentoxifylline.
Indications: Peripheral circulation disorders, Raynaud's disease, disorders of tissue trophism; disorders of cerebral circulation: ischemic and post-apoplexy conditions; cerebral atherosclerosis (dizziness, headache, memory impairment, sleep disturbances), dyscirculatory encephalopathy, viral neuroinfection; IHD, condition after myocardial infarction; acute circulatory disorders in the retina and choroid; otosclerosis, degenerative changes against the background of the pathology of the vessels of the inner ear with a gradual decrease in hearing; COPD, bronchial asthma; impotence of vascular origin.

Trichopolum and Metronidazole

price:
Trichopol: 80r. 250mg N20
Metronidazole: 10 rub. 250mg N20
Active substance: metronidazole.
Indications: Antibiotic. Protozoal infections: extraintestinal amoebiasis, including amoebic liver abscess, intestinal amoebiasis, trichomoniasis, giardiasis, balantidiasis, giardiasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, trichomonas vaginitis, trichomonas urethritis. Infections caused by Bacteroides: bone and joint infections, CNS infections, incl. meningitis, brain abscess, bacterial endocarditis, pneumonia, empyema and lung abscess, sepsis. Infections caused by Clostridium spp., Peptococcus and Peptostreptococcus species: infections of the abdominal cavity (peritonitis, liver abscess), infections of the pelvic organs (endometritis, abscess of the fallopian tubes and ovaries, infections of the vaginal fornix). Pseudomembranous colitis (associated with the use of antibiotics). Gastritis or duodenal ulcer associated with Helicobacter pylori.

Troxevasin and Troxerutin

price:
Troxevasin: 210 rub. 300mg N50
Troxerutin: 120r. 300mg N50
Active substance: troxerutin.
Indications: Varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency with manifestations such as static heaviness in the legs, leg ulcers, trophic skin lesions, superficial thrombophlebitis, periphlebitis, phlebothrombosis, leg ulcers, dermatitis, hemorrhoids, post-thrombotic syndrome, diabetic microangiopathy, retinopathy, hemorrhagic diathesis.

Ultop and Omeprazole

price:
Ultop: 250r. 20mg N28
Omeprazole: 44r. 20mg N30
Active substance: omeprazole.
Indications:- peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum (including resistant to treatment with other antiulcer drugs); - reflux esophagitis; - erosive and ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum associated with the use of NSAIDs; - peptic ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori (in combination with antibacterial drugs); - Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; - prevention of acid aspiration (Mendelsohn's syndrome).

Fastum-gel and Ketoprofen

price:
Fastum Gel: 240r. 2.5% 50g
Ketoprofen: 60 rub. 2.5% 50g
Active substance: ketoprofen.
Indications: Gel, cream: acute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the musculoskeletal system (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, arthrosis, osteochondrosis); injuries of the musculoskeletal system (including sports), sprains, ruptures of ligaments and tendons of muscles, tendinitis, bruising of muscles and ligaments, edema, phlebitis, lymphangitis, inflammation of the skin. Rinse solution: inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity and pharynx (tonsillitis, pharyngitis, stomatitis, glossitis, gingivitis, periodontitis, periodontal disease, etc.).

Finlepsin and Carbamazepine

price:
Finlepsin: 250r. 400mg N50
Carbamazepine: 40r. 200mg N50
Active substance: carbamazepine.
Indications: Epilepsy (excluding absences, myoclonic or flaccid seizures) - partial seizures with complex and simple symptoms, primary and secondary generalized forms of seizures with tonic-clonic convulsions, mixed forms of seizures (monotherapy or in combination with other anticonvulsant drugs). Idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia in multiple sclerosis (typical and atypical), idiopathic glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Acute manic states. Phase-flowing affective disorders (including bipolar) prevention of exacerbations, weakening of clinical manifestations during exacerbation. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (anxiety, convulsions, hyperexcitability, sleep disturbances). Diabetic neuropathy with pain syndrome. Diabetes insipidus of central origin.

flucostat and fluconazole

price:
Flucostat: 150r. 150mg N1
Fluconazole: 25 rub. 150mg N1
Active substance: fluconazole.
Indications: Systemic lesions caused by Cryptococcus fungi, including meningitis, sepsis, lung and skin infections, both in patients with a normal immune response and in patients with various forms of immunosuppression (including AIDS patients, organ transplants); prevention of cryptococcal infection in AIDS patients. Generalized candidiasis: candidemia, disseminated candidiasis. Genital candidiasis: vaginal (acute and recurrent), balanitis. Prevention of fungal infections in patients with malignant tumors on the background of chemotherapy or radiation therapy; prevention of recurrence of oropharyngeal candidiasis in patients with AIDS. Mycoses of the skin: feet, body, inguinal region, onychomycosis, pityriasis versicolor, skin candidal infections. Deep endemic mycoses (coccidioidosis, sporotrichosis and histoplasmosis) in patients with normal immunity.

Furamag and Furagin

price:
Furamag: 350r. 50mg N30
Furagin: 40r. 50mg N30
Active substance: furazidin.
Indications: infectious and inflammatory diseases: purulent wounds, cystitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis, purulent arthritis; infections of the female genital organs; conjunctivitis, keratitis; burns; prevention of infections during urological operations, cystoscopy, catheterization. For washing cavities: peritonitis, pleural empyema.

Hemomycin and Azithromycin

price:
Hemomycin: 270r. 250mg N6
Azithromycin: 100 rub. 250mg N6
Active substance: azithromycin.
Indications: Antibiotic. Infections of the upper respiratory tract and ENT organs caused by sensitive pathogens: pharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, otitis media; scarlet fever; infections of the lower respiratory tract: pneumonia, bronchitis; skin and soft tissue infections: erysipelas, impetigo, secondarily infected dermatoses; urinary tract infections: gonorrheal and non-gonorrheal urethritis, cervicitis, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum associated with Helicobacter pylori.

Enap and Enalapril

price:
Enap: 130 rub. 20mg N20
Enalapril: 80r. 20mg N20
Active substance: knewadj.
Indications: arterial hypertension (symptomatic, renovascular, including with scleroderma, etc.), CHF I-III stage; prevention of coronary ischemia in patients with LV dysfunction, asymptomatic LV dysfunction.

Ercefuril and Furazolidone

price:
Ercefuril: 390r. 200mg N28
Furazolidone: 3r. 50mg N10
Active substance: nifuroxazide in the first case and furazolidone in the second.
Indications: Diarrhea of ​​infectious origin, dysentery, paratyphoid fever, giardiasis, food poisoning.

Having addressed his illness to a doctor and received from him an impressive list of medicines, the patient rarely questions him. And only having learned the cost of the necessary drugs, a person wonders if the medicines prescribed by the doctor are so effective, and do they have cheaper analogues? This question, no doubt, interests everyone, and therefore in this article we will answer a number of questions:

• what cheap domestic analogues of expensive medicines can be found on the shelves of our pharmacies?
• why are these drugs so cheap?
• can they provide a therapeutic effect that is not inferior to the original means?

But first things first.

What are generics?

Analogues of expensive medications are called generics all over the world. In fact, these are reproduced "copies" of original drugs for which the patent has expired. Generics have the same active substance as the original drug and the same dosage. They differ only in auxiliary components, which means there is no doubt that the therapeutic result of the original and the “copy” is practically the same.

Why are generics so cheap?

The low cost of generics is alarming for many people, because it is completely incomprehensible why a “copy” that is in no way inferior to the original drug costs several times cheaper? In fact, there is no big secret here. Unlike the original, generic manufacturers do not spend a penny on the development of the active substance, which means they do not include the costs of experiments and tests in the cost. In addition, unlike foreign originals, domestic drugs are not subject to import duties and taxes. All this, in the end, and allows you to form a much more reasonable price.

Other Benefits of Generics

Low price while maintaining a decent therapeutic effect is by no means the only advantage of domestic analogues of expensive drugs. A huge plus of these drugs is that they are not counterfeited (it is simply unprofitable!). In addition, the assessment of the quality and safety of domestic drugs is growing year by year, which means that the population of the Russian Federation trusts these drugs much more than the same Vietnamese or Chinese medicines.

Disadvantages of generics

Given that generics are still “copies” of the original medicines, they do not fully correspond to the original and this should not be forgotten. We list their shortcomings:

1. Differ in a lower degree of purification, which means a large list of side effects. Indeed, the cheapness of generics is also explained by the low degree of purification of the drug, which increases the number of side effects. Original drugs in this regard benefit significantly.

2. In comparison with the originals, generics, as a rule, have a "cut down" composition. For example, the original drug can have an anti-inflammatory effect and reduce the temperature in parallel, while its cheaper counterpart will act only in one direction.

3. Original products have a high cost, not only because of the high degree of purification and multicomponent composition. Unlike analogues, their action is much longer, and they need to be taken less often.

And yet, given the serious difference in cost and the same therapeutic effect (compare Omez and Omeprazole, Fervex and Paracetamol), modern visitors to polyclinics increasingly prefer domestic analogues of original foreign drugs. Below is a complete list of these medicines and their substitutes.

List of cheap domestic analogues of expensive drugs

Antispasmodic and analgesic drugs, antipyretics

Cardiac and antihypertensive drugs

Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antiviral agents

Antidiarrheals

Antiallergic drugs

Inhalants, cough medicines

Calming agents and drugs that improve cerebral circulation

Gels, ointments and creams for external use

Other medications