TABLE
1 (Antifungal Medications)
Prescription Drugs Now Available as
Over-the-Counter Products |
 |
Product
class
|
Active
ingredients/availability
|
Brand
name(s)
|
OTC
indications
|
Usual
dosage
|
Cost*
|
| Antifungal
medications |
Clotrimazole
1%, 100-mg vaginal tablet or applicatorful of
cream |
Gyne-Lotrimin |
Treatment
of recurrent vaginal yeast infection in persons
age 12 years and over |
One
vaginal tablet or one applicatorful of cream
vaginally once daily |
$12.00
per seven-day treatment regimen |
|
Clotrimazole
1%, 200-mg vaginal tablet |
Gyne-Lotrimin
3 |
Treatment
of recurrent vaginal yeast infection in persons
age 12 years and over |
One
vaginal tablet once daily |
$7.00
per three-day treatment regimen |
|
Butoconazole
1% cream |
Femstat
3 |
Treatment
of recurrent vaginal yeast infection in persons
age 12 years and over |
One
applicatorful of cream vaginally once daily |
$17.00
per three-day treatment regimen |
|
Miconazole
nitrate 1%, 100-mg vaginal suppository or
applicatorful of cream |
Monistat
7 |
Treatment
of recurrent vaginal yeast infection in persons
age 12 years and over |
One
vaginal suppository or one applicatorful of cream
vaginally once daily |
$13.00 per seven-day treatment regimen |
|
Miconazole
nitrate 1%, 200-mg vaginal suppository |
Monistat
3 |
Treatment
of recurrent vaginal yeast infection in persons
age 12 years and over |
One
vaginal suppository once daily |
$13.00
per three-day treatment regimen |
OTC = over-the-counter.
*--Estimated cost to the
pharmacist based on average wholesale prices,
rounded to the nearest dollar, per dosage
unit, in Red book. Montvale, N.J.: Medical
Economics Data, 1998. Cost to the patient
will be greater, depending on prescription
filling fee.
†--Nicotine therapy
should not be used in a patient who continues
to smoke.
‡--Previously available
in 0.5 percent cream and ointment. One
percent cream and ointment now available as
generic products. |
