Prices of basic drugs like ibuprofen, paracetamol or aspirin are a bad choice for comparison. They are so cheap that pharmacies will usually stock a brand (some

Prices of basic drugs like ibuprofen, paracetamol or aspirin are a bad choice for comparison. They are so cheap that pharmacies will usually stock a brand (sometimes competing brands) that they can sell for higher margins. Also in Europe they are limits on how many can be sold at once without a prescription, so they are usually only sold in smaller packs compared to the US.