Pharmaco-economic Analysis Of Brands Of Antacid Formulations Available In Ishaka Town Using Titrimetric Method

ABSTRACT Pharmaco-economics involves comparing the cost and consequences of products and services and Cost-effectiveness is the relationship between cost and effectiveness of a given drug. ANC of an antacid is one of the ways of evaluating effectiveness of antacid brands. ANC (mEq per unit dose) is the ability of the antacid to neutralize gastric acid (Shery et al., 2013), and it should be greater or equal to 5mEq per unit dose(FDA), where a unit dose of 0.5g for tablets and 5ml for suspensions was used. Cost was evaluated using cost per unit dose. Antacid formulations (tablets/suspensions) ac…