MOSCOW, May 24. From May 16 to May 22, prices for medicines monitored by Rosstat rose for all drugs, except for combined analgesics and Rengalin, according to data from the statistical office.
«In the group of monitored medicines, prices increased: allochol — by 0.5%, validol — by 0.4%, corvalol — by 0.3%, metamizole sodium (domestic analgin) and multivitamins — by 0.1%. Prices for combined analgesics decreased by 0.3%, Rengalin — by 0.1%.
Since the beginning of the month, the prices for most observed medicines have also increased, including Rengalin — by 0.22%, metamizole sodium — by 0.94%, allochol — by 1.35%, nimesulide — by 0.29%, for Corvalol — by 0.74%, for «Levomekol» — by 0.27%, for Validol — by 0.88%. At the same time, since the beginning of the month, prices for multivitamins have decreased — by 0.5%, for Ergoferon — by 0.6%, for combined analgesics — by 0.35%.
According to Rosstat, since the beginning of the year, the cost of most observed medicines has also increased. The price for metamizole sodium increased by 2.96%, for Rengalin — by 1.39%, for Levomekol — by 0.61%, for allochol — by 4.78%, for nimesulide — by 2.3% , for Corvalol — by 0.6%, for multivitamins — by 3.78%, for «Ergoferon» — by 0.03%, for combined analgesics — by 0.46%. Prices for validol decreased by 0.42%.