Table 4

Expected monthly costs (based on defined daily dose) and cost effectiveness for different PPIs at 2007 price levels [10]

Drug
Defined daily dosea
Monthly costs (November 2006)
Cost effectiveness ratio (lower and upper limit)b

Generic omeprazole
20 mg
€ 11.30
4,907 (2,813 to 6,290)
Lansoprazole (Prezal®)
30 mg
€ 29.71
26,545 (24,327 to 28,051)
Omeprazole (Losec®)
20 mg
€ 29.85
26,709 (24,491 to 28,217)
Rabeprazole (Pariet®)
20 mg
€ 31.75
28,943 (26,711 to 30,463)
Pantaprazole (Pantozol®)
40 mg
€ 36.41
34,420 (32,157 to 35,971)
Esomeprazole (Nexium®)
30 mg
€ 39.37
37,899 (35,617 to 39,470)

aThe daily dosing schedule on which the cost effectiveness ratio is based, may not always reflect the actual dosages prescribed in clinical practice; bcost effectiveness is expressed as costs (€) per serious NSAID ulcer complication prevented: lower and upper limit are the results of the sensitivity analyses.

NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

Vonkeman et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008 10:R144   doi:10.1186/ar2577