05/09/2014
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Whenever we fall ill, most of us follow the same protocol: visit our family doctor or a specialist depending on the ailment, get a prescription from the doctor and then purchase medicines without a second thought.
Most of the medicines that doctors prescribe are generally quite expensive, and people who cannot afford expensive medicines may not know that there are cheaper alternatives of the same medicine. iMed-S is a mobile app that hopes to change the scenario.
A couple of years back, there was an episode on : Does need healing. It talked about how generic medicines, being much cheaper and exactly same in terms of quality, effect and risk as other branded medicines, are still not being used by most of us.
As a matter of fact, generic substitutes of many lifesaving medicines are up to 100 times cheaper.
For example, Plavix, a medicine used by heart patients, costs around Rs.1616 per 14 tablets but has a substitute Caplor which costs around Rs. 17 per 14 tablets. Almost 95 times cheaper!
Similarly, Veenat, which costs -Rs. 10,560 , and used for the treatment of blood cancer, has a substitute Resimat which costs around Rs 900.
The list is very long. But when generic substitutes are much cheaper, why aren’t we using it?
It’s mostly because of our ignorance and pre-conceived notions. We are being forced to buy expensive medicines. We never ask our doctor to prescribe us generic medicines.
The app searches by brand name as well as generic name. After searching, it compares the price of both brand and its substitute generic medicine. A user just has to type the name of the medicine that they have been prescribed and hit search. Results are then provided with details of that particular medicine as well as it generic substitutes in increasing order of price.
Having such a large database in a users hand will certainly help him to get cheaper, but equally effective medicines and will save their hard-earned income.
Do let us know what you think of the concept and also the app.