How to lower your monthly medicine bill without changing the salt
For a medicine you take every day, the price per tablet matters more than the price per strip. Comparing the same salt, strength and form, a Jan Aushadhi medicine usually costs a fraction of a well-known brand. Ask your doctor before changing the brand you take.
Compare per tablet, not per strip
Strips come in different sizes: one brand sells ten tablets, another fifteen. The only fair comparison is the price of one tablet. We always show it, and every saving we quote is per tablet, rounded down.
Compare like with like
A lower price only counts if it is the same salt, the same strength and the same form. A combination medicine (two salts in one tablet) is only matched by the same combination. If anything differs, it is a different medicine.
Three everyday examples
These are today's prices from our catalogue, refreshed automatically when prices change.
Before you change
- Ask your doctor. Show them the salt and strength of the Jan Aushadhi medicine; most will confirm it in a minute.
- Change one medicine at a time, so you can tell your doctor how you feel on it.
- Keep the prescription. For a prescription medicine our pharmacist checks it before the order goes out.
Make the saving last
Order the whole month, or three, at once, save the order under the person it is for, and use Reorder each month: it brings the same list back at that day's prices.
Questions
Why is a Jan Aushadhi medicine priced so much lower?
The scheme buys in bulk and sells under the salt name, without brand marketing. The price is set by the scheme and printed as its MRP.
Is a lower price the same medicine?
Only when the salt, the strength and the form are all the same. We only show a match when all three are identical.
Can I switch my medicine myself?
Ask your doctor first. Show them the salt and strength; changing a brand is their decision with you.