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. 2022 Oct 13;17(10):e0275272. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275272

Table 1. The examples of medicines found on Facebook#.

Medicines from Facebook Medicines category Number of advertised medicines Number of medicines offered „for sale” Example of the found medicine (brand name/substance/ATC Code) Price of presented example in Euro (€)
409 offers found in the study$ Cardiovascular including novel oral anticoagulants n = 125 (30.56%) 3 Dopegyt® / 250 mg Methyldopa / C02AB01 € 6.74
Hormones n = 26 (6.35%) 4 Duphaston® / 10 mg Dydrogesterone / G03DB01 € 3.37
Anticoagulants n = 17 (4.15%) 2 Clexane® / 40 mg enoxaparin sodium / B01AB05 € 3.37
Antihistamines n = 13 (3.17%) 1 CetAlergin® / 10 mg cetirizine dihydrochloride / R06AE07 € 1.12
Others n = 87 (21.27%) 4 Mysimba® / 8mg naltrexone hydrochloride+ 90 mg bupropion hydrochloride / A08AA62 € 78.60

#We present only these groups of medicines where the exact retail price was indicated.

$The number concerns all analyzed offers for medicines.