Why take a cheaper drug when the more expensive one works?

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills - AstraZeneca products - Brief Article

For many months now, druggists have been deluged with complaints from customers who can't seem to find Prilosec on the store shelves. A clue as to why it is missing comes from the fact that it and a much more expensive prescription drug called Nexium are made by the same manufacturer, the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

I have taken both drugs to treat an acid-reflux condition. They work equally well. So I switched from Nexium...