Editing Erythromycin (section)

=== Economics ===

It is available as a [[generic medication]].<ref name=Ric2013 />

In the United States, in 2014, the price increased to seven dollars per 500mg tablet.<ref name="increase">{{cite web | vauthors = Stahl S | date = 26 September 2014 | url = http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/26/health-generic-drugs-prices-increasing/ | title = Health: Generic Drugs Prices Increasing | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160409212651/http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/26/health-generic-drugs-prices-increasing/ | archive-date=9 April 2016 | work = CBS Philadelphia | access-date = 24 March 2016 }}</ref>

The US price of erythromycin rose three times between 2010 and 2015, from 24 cents per 500mg tablet in 2010 to $8.96 in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Terry K | date = 15 September 2016 | title = Some Generic Drugs See Huge Price Increases | url = https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/868812 | website = www.medscape.com | access-date = 29 June 2018 | archive-date = 6 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406005414/http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/868812 | url-status = live }}</ref> In 2017, a Kaiser Health News study found that the per-unit cost of dozens of generics doubled or even tripled from 2015 to 2016, increasing spending by the Medicaid program. Due to price increases by drug manufacturers, Medicaid paid on average $2,685,330 more for Erythromycin in 2016 compared to 2015 (not including rebates).<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Lupkin S | work = Kaiser Health News | date = 14 August 2017 | title = Climbing cost of decades-old drugs threatens to break Medicaid bank | url = http://www.philly.com/philly/health/health-cents/climbing-cost-of-decades-old-drugs-threatens-to-break-medicaid-bank-20170814.html | via = The Philadelphia Inquirer | access-date = 29 June 2018 | archive-date = 29 June 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180629050058/http://www.philly.com/philly/health/health-cents/climbing-cost-of-decades-old-drugs-threatens-to-break-medicaid-bank-20170814.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In the US by 2018, generic drug prices had climbed another 5% on average.<ref>{{cite news |vauthors=Marsh T |title=Are Drugs Really Getting More Expensive? Yes. |url=https://www.goodrx.com/blog/are-drugs-getting-more-expensive/ |website=The GoodRx Prescription Savings Blog |access-date=29 June 2018 |date=27 February 2018 |archive-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323095306/https://www.goodrx.com/blog/are-drugs-getting-more-expensive/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The UK price listed in the [[British National Formulary|BNF]] for erythromycin 500mg tablets was £36.40 for 100 tablets (36.4 pence each) {{asof|August 2024|lc=y}}. This price is not paid by NHS patients: there is no NHS prescription charge in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland; while NHS patients in England without an exemption are liable for a flat rate [[prescription charges|prescription charge]]. {{Asof|May 2024}}, that charge was £9.90 for each prescribed medicine.<ref>{{cite web
| title = NHS prescription charges from 1 May 2024
| website = gov.uk
| publisher = UK Government
| date = 5 April 2024
| url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-prescription-charges-from-1-may-2024
| access-date = 25 August 2024
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405105001/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-prescription-charges-from-1-may-2024
|archive-date=5 April 2024}}</ref>