SLO-NIACIN® Tablets—an economical alternative to prescription cholesterol medications
SLO-NIACIN® Tablets are affordably priced and often cost less than an insurance copayment for prescription cholesterol medication approximately $15 per month for 100 500-mg tablets.1
SLO-NIACIN® Tablets monotherapy is 15 times less expensive than prescription Niaspan®. In combination therapy with generic simvastatin (10 mg/day), SLO-NIACIN® Tablets (1500 mg/day) are 7 times less expensive than Niaspan® (1500 mg/day) combination therapy.* When compared to Simcor® (niacin extended release/simvastatin tablets) alone, SLO-NIACIN® Tablets (1500 mg/day) plus simvastatin (40 mg/day) are still 5 times less expensive.
Ask your doctor about the economic benefits of SLO-NIACIN®
SLO-NIACIN® Tablets are 15 times less expensive than Niaspan®*1
Product
(Daily Dosage) |
Cost per Day |
SLO-NIACIN®
Tablets
(1500 mg) |
$0.43 |
Niaspan®
(1500 mg) |
$6.50 |
Combination SLO-NIACIN® Tablets plus simvastatin is 7 times
less expensive than Niaspan® plus simvastatin*1
Product
(Daily Dosage) |
Cost per Day |
Simvastatin
(10 mg)
Cost per Day |
Total Daily Cost of Combination Therapy |
SLO-NIACIN®
(1500 mg) |
$0.43 |
$0.55 |
$0.98 |
Niaspan®
(1500 mg) |
$6.50 |
$0.55 |
$7.05 |
Combination SLO-NIACIN® Tablets plus simvastatin is 5 times
less expensive than Simcor® alone1,2
Product
(Daily Dosage) |
Total Daily Cost of Combination Therapy |
SLO-NIACIN® (1500 mg)
+ simvastatin (40 mg)† |
$1.27 |
Simcor®‡ (niacin extended release/simvastatin tablets)
(1500/40 mg) |
$6.71 |
| * |
SLO-NIACIN® Tablets and Niaspan® based on 1500 mg/day (3 x 500 mg); simvastatin
based on
10 mg/day. www.drugstore.com. Accessed June 23, 2008. |
| † |
SLO-NIACIN® Tablets based on 1500 mg/day (3 x 500 mg); simvastatin based on 40 mg/day
10 mg/day. www.drugstore.com. Accessed June 23, 2008. |
| ‡ |
Simcor® based on 1500/40 mg/day (2 x 750/20 mg). CVS Pharmacy. June 23, 2008. |
Niaspan and Simcor are registered trademarks of Abbott Laboratories.
References:
- Drugstore.com Web site. http://www.drugstore.com. Accessed June 23, 2008.
- CVS Pharmacy. Chicago, IL; June 23, 2008.
