An Australian man has gone viral on social media after praising India’s ‘excellent’ and ‘reasonably-priced’ medicines that were lighter on the wallet than those in other countries. In a now-viral Instagram post titled, ‘India vs Abroad Medicine Prices’, Carl Andrew Harte went inside a local pharmacy in India and compared the prices of some of the common drugs whilst questioning how he was forking out extra money buying medicines in other countries.<\/p>\n
“There are quite a few advantages of living in India and I’d like to share one of them which is going to the local pharmacy, which is a little lighter on the wallet than it is in America and in Europe and Australia and several other places, dare I say?” said Harte in the video.<\/p>\n
“One of the good things about living in India is the excellent medications and very reasonably priced medicines. So I just thought, I’d go through a few which might be a little shocking for you, if you live in America and pay exceptionally high prices”<\/p>\n
Harte noted the low cost of medication, highlighting that a strip of amoxicillin was just Rs 123 ($1.34) and metformin (Glucophage) was only Rs 44 ($0.49).<\/p>\n
“I think you’d be shocked. I am shocked when I compare it to what you’d be paying in the US, for instance,” added Harte.<\/p>\n