Alternatives to Emla Cream
The active ingredients lidocaine and prilocaine contained in Emla Creme are also present as a combination in other products. Since these are generic products, the price is often lower. Generic drugs are drugs that are similar in composition to a trademarked drug like Emla Creme, but are usually sold at a lower price. In addition to generic drugs, there are also various creams that do not have the same composition as Emla Creme, but are similar in effect.
Is Emla Creme available as a prescription-free product?
Emla Creme is not a prescription drug. Therefore it can be purchased without a prescription. However, Emla Creme may only be sold in a pharmacy, so Emla Creme is pharmacy-only. Emla Creme should also only be used according to the intended indication.
Costs
Emla Creme is often sold in 30 gram packs. These usually cost between 25 and 40 euros. 39.38 euro is indicated thereby frequently as UVP, and/or AVP.
The AVP is the price, which a pharmacy for a medicament can account for with the legal health insurance companies. Smaller packages are naturally accordingly more favorable. For example, 5 gram packs are also sold.
These usually cost between 6 and 10 euros. In addition there are packages, which contain 5 times 5 gram, thus altogether 25 gram.
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