Correction to: Journal of Medical Toxicology
10.1007/s13181-017-0639-z
This article contains a couple typographical errors in the table and in the formatting of references. The authors and the journal apologize for those errors and respectfully include a corrected table and corrected reference list here.
Table 1.
Average Wholesale Price of Selected Antidotes 2012, 2016, 2017
| Antidote | Formulation | Quantity | AWP 2012 | AWP 2016 | AWP 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acetylcysteine injection (Acetadote®) | 200 mg/mL 30 mL | 4 | $994.38 | $994.38 | $1034.94 (2016) Per unit: $258.74 |
| scorpion (centruroides) immune F(ab’)2 injection (Anascorp®) | 1 vial | 1 | $4375.00 | $4905.68 | $5150.96 |
| antivenin (crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab (Crofab®) | 1 gram vial | 2 | $5121.60 | $6169.20 | $6632.40 (2016) Per unit: $3316.20 |
| Deferoxamine (Fresenius) | 2 gram vial | 1 | $49.44 | $49.44 | $49.44 (2009) |
| Deferoxamine (Hospira) | 2 gram vial | 4 | $176.40 | $151.58 | $151.58 (2016) Per unit: $37.90 |
| Fomepizole (Bioniche - now part of Mylan) | 1 g/mL 1.5 mL | 1 | $870.00 | $1132.50 | $1132.50 (2015) |
| Fomepizole (Sandoz) | 1 g/mL 1.5 mL | 1 | $1,364.85 | $1,364.85 | $1,364.85 |
| Fomepizole (X-gen Pharmaceuticals) | 1 g/mL 1.5 mL | 1 | $1290.00 | $1290.00 | $1290.00 |
| Glucarpidase (Voraxaze®) | 1000 Units/vial | 1 | $27,000.00 | $31,254.00 | $34,456.80 |
| Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit) | 5 gram | 1 | $750.75 | $750.75 | $821.32 |
| Leucovorin (Blue Point Laboratories and Sagent) | 200 mg vial powder | 1 | $48.00 | $48.00 | $48.00 (2016) |
| Levoleucovorin (Fusilev®) | 50 mg vial powder | 1 | $240.00 | $273.60 | $246.00 |
| Naloxone (Hospira) | 0.4 mg/mL | 10 | $45.00 | $185.28 | 185.28 (2014) Per unit: $18.53 |
| Phytonadione (Hospira) | 10 mg/mL | 25 | $404.60 | $1,133.10 | $1322.40 Per unit: $52.90 |
| Phytonadione (Hospira) | 1 mg/0.5 mL | 25 | $172.20 | $127.50 | $127.50 Per unit: $10.20 |
| Phytonadione (International Medication System) | 1 mg/0.5 mL | 10 | $51.00 in 2013 | $216.00 | $216.00 (2015) Per unit: $43.20 |
| Succimer (Chemet®) | 100 mg capsules | 100 caps | $860.10 | $1,700.04 | $1785.05 Per unit: $17.85 |
| Uridine Triacetate (Vistogard®) | 10 g/packet | 20 | N/A | $90,000.00 | $96,312.00 Per unit: $4,815.60 |
| Vitamin K (Mephyton®) | 5 mg oral tab | 100 | $1283.00 in 2013 | $7,051.21 | $7.051.21 (2015) Per unit: $70.51 |
Footnotes
The online version of the original article can be found at 10.1007/s13181-017-0639-z
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