Affordablemedicines4u.com is an effort to create awareness among the consumer and patient as how one can reduce cost of healthcare without compromising quality. Cost of medicines etc. are the major contributing factor to high cost of healthcare .Cost of medicines is the major area of concern for the Drug regulatory authorities in both the developed & developing countries .
Prices of medicines do vary a lot from company to company. Although such prices
are often listed on printed materials such as many indexes & guides available
in the market, but the consumer cannot take the advantage of these listed price
differential as the prices of medicines and its various brands are often changes
and such changes can not be reflected immediately on the printed indexes etc. whereas
the consumer needs information immediately as and when required. Therefore, patients
cannot take advantage of these price differences. In some countries doctors generally
write only the generic names( i.e by the name of ingredients ,medicine contains)
whereas in India there is hardly any such practice and Doctors generally prescribes
Branded/Patented medicine. It is impossible for Doctor to remember so many prices
for so many Brands of same medicine and thus is the need of Portal such as affordablemedicines4u.com.In
our Search/Company Drug section we have tried to give massive database in searchable
manner wherein patient can search the cheaper alternatives. We request every patient
to go back to the doctor with options found on our database and ask whether any
of those could be taken. Many company’s products have advantages of proprietary
technology, novel quality standards etc. Those are regularly communicated by these
companies to the doctors. So, let the doctor take the final call.
Another reason for the high cost of healthcare
is lack of proper education to the patient about the common prevalent diseases and
common symptoms, do’s and don’ts associated with ailment. Prevention is always better
than cure. Very few patients understand properly what their disease actually is,
how it happened, what are the risks, why is it absolutely important to adhere to
the doctors’ instructions, etc. In our ‘Healthcare’ sections we are giving articles
that are written by experienced medical writers in a simple language. These articles
will give a good overview of the common diseases & we intend to add such newer
articles regularly. Finally very often in the very beginning patients cannot find
the information as to where to go for treatment .Main constraint for this is lack
of proper directory services. It is so much important to find out the right doctor,
hospital, nursing homes & Blood banks etc. in the place where the patient is
located at the particular time. We are giving such information in our ‘Help’ section
to be added soon.