@article{Daga_2021, title={Low-Cost Drugs Still Relevant in the Present-Day Era}, volume={2}, url={https://ej-clinicmed.org/index.php/clinicmed/article/view/134}, DOI={10.24018/clinicmed.2021.2.6.134}, abstractNote={<p class="Text"><span lang="EN-US">Escalating medical costs contribute to poverty in countries with low resources. The drug costs account for 17 percent of medical expenses. Revisiting time-tested, cost-effective drugs can reduce these costs. Some of them find a place in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children. The list consists of medicines for a basic healthcare system. They are safe and cost-effective. The present paper identifies co-trimoxazole and chloramphenicol as antimicrobials, chloroquine for malaria, adrenaline, theophylline for asthma, and phenobarbital as an anti-epileptic drug that merits consideration for reviving interest in them and reduce drug treatment costs. </span></p> <p class="Text"><span lang="EN-US">What is already known about this subject?</span></p> <p class="Text"><span lang="EN-US">•       The cost of drugs contributes to rising medical costs.</span></p> <p class="Text"><span lang="EN-US">•       Medical expenses push a large population below the poverty line.</span></p> <p class="Text"><span lang="EN-US">What does this study add?</span></p> <p class="Text"><span lang="EN-US">•       Rediscovering the relevance of old low-cost drugs is essential.</span></p> <p class="Text"><span lang="EN-US">•       Revisiting the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children may be useful. </span></p> <p class="Text"><span lang="EN-US">•       Drugs such as chloramphenicol and theophylline are such examples.</span></p> <p> </p>}, number={6}, journal={European Journal of Clinical Medicine}, author={Daga, Subhashchandra}, year={2021}, month={Dec.}, pages={10–12} }