Table 2.

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

Medicines	No. of daily wage required to buy 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