Special Correspondent, New Delhi: Between the rise in the price of food and everyday items, getting treatment now can be even more expensive. Now you will have to spend more to get rid of normal fever. From April 1, not only fever, the rates of pain killers, medicines for infections, medicines used in heart disease, antibiotics can increase by up to 12 percent. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has given permission to increase the prices of medicines. Sandeep Nangia, a wholesale trader of medicines in Delhi, said that the prices of medicines increase and decrease on the basis of wholesale price index. When the index is low, the prices of medicines will be low, when it is high then the prices of medicines will increase. He said that there is NPPA to fix the prices of medicines in the country. The company cannot stop manufacturing the drug even if the raw material for making the drug is expensive. Medicine is necessary to save life. In such a situation, NPPA gives permission to increase the price keeping in view a fixed standard as per the requirement, so that the situation remains better. In this episode, it has been allowed to increase up to 12 percent from April 1.
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However, talking about common patients, Abhishek Kumar told that whatever may be the reason, but in the last 2 years the prices of medicines have increased a lot, be it at the will of the government or at the will of the pharmaceutical company. He said that calcium medicine which cost Rs 86 two years ago for the treatment of an elderly father at home has now reached Rs 131.
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The same is true of allergy medicine. In 2019 it was available for Rs 168, now it has become Rs 223. A gas medicine was available for Rs 125 in 2019, now it is available for Rs 155. The medicine used in the treatment of asthma which was Rs 500 in 2022 has now become Rs 624. He said that the cost of treatment has become expensive, it should be controlled.