The treatment of dwarfism is a long-term continuous process, as little as 6 months or as much as several years, and the longer the patient uses it, the better the final result. There are two kinds of growth hormone, water injection and powder injection.
There are also two kinds of growth hormone prices. The annual treatment cost of growth hormone lyophilized powder is 20,000-30,000 RMB, but if the same dose of growth hormone water injection is used, the annual cost is 40,000-70,000 RMB, the patient just saves the trouble of dissolving the drug in one step, but has to pay twice the treatment cost, which is not worth the loss. Therefore, the cost effectiveness of the lyophilized powder form is much higher than that of the water injection form. Powdered injections are now covered by medical insurance in some parts of the country, which can save the family a lot of money. In addition, water injection is a liquid, its structure is very unstable, will be affected by many factors such as: transport shock, temperature, oxidation and other reasons, resulting in reduced efficacy, while the powder is not such a problem of stability.
The child’s condition is different, the dose of medicine is different, the cost of treatment is also different. The quality and price of drugs vary from one manufacturer to another. The quality of growth hormone depends mainly on the specific activity, the higher the specific activity, the better the quality. However, it does not mean that the price of good quality is expensive, but the exact amount depends on the size of the dose.