Table 34Acquisition cost of appetite stimulants

StimulantDoseUnit costCost/dayCost/month
Cyproheptadine hydrochloride, periactin 4mg tablets (30, £5.99)a4mg qds
(Homnick 2004)		£0.20£0.80£24.28
Megace 160mg tablets (30, £19.52)b10 mg/kg/day
(Eubanks 2002 & Marchand 2000)		£0.65£1.95c£59.34c
Megestrol 200mg/5ml oral suspension (NR, NR)NRNCNCNC

NC, not calculable; NR, not reported

(a)

Taken from the BNF November 2016

(b)

Taken from the NHS Electronic Drug Tariff November 2016

(c)

Approximate for a weight of 50kg requiring 3 tablets to provide 480mg

From: Appendix K, Health Economics

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