Table 3.

Comparative costs of DMARDs

Drug	Dose	Cost for 1 years (£)⋆
Methotrexate	7.5–20 mg weekly	22–59
Sulphasalazine EC	500 mg qds	126
Cyclosporin	3 mg kg−1 day−1 (70 kg)	1,957
Gold	50 mg i.m. monthly	112
Hydroxychloroquine	200 mg bd	55
Penicillamine	500 mg daily	125
Leflunomide	20 mg daily	566
Etanercept	25 mg s.c. twice weekly	8,082
Infliximab	3 mg kg−1 at 0, 2, 6 and every 8 weeks (9 doses per in subsequent years) (< 67 kg–>67 kg)	8122–12 182 1st year 5866–8798 subsequent years

^⋆Drug Tariff/MIMS June 2000.