List of Free Medicine in Nepal

List of free essential drugs for Health Institutions, Nepal

Health posts to basic hospitals, these 98 types of medicines are now free (with names).

The government has introduced a treatment protocol for basic health services to provide free basic health services from government health institutions across the country and to bring uniformity in treatment and services.

According to the standard treatment protocol based on basic health services, 98 types of medicines are available free of charge from basic hospitals/primary health centers, basic health centers/health posts. Some of the 98 types of drugs are not available in basic health centers and health posts. But in basic hospitals/primary health centers, all 98 types of medicines prescribed by the government will be available free of cost.

Even before the release of this protocol, the government has been providing 70 types of medicines free of cost to health institutions. According to the previous rules, 35 types of medicines were available free of charge from health posts, 58 from primary health centers and 70 from district hospitals. Now, according to the new protocol, 98 types of medicines should be available in health institutions 24 hour. Otherwise, according to the Public Health Service Act and regulations, there is a provision to take action against the health institution.

The government has added and modified the list of medicines according to time keeping in mind the diseases and problems. Among the 70 types of medicines that were available earlier, some unnecessary medicines have been removed, while medicines used in the treatment of non-communicable diseases, mental diseases and other health problems have been added.

These are the 98 types of medicines that are available free of charge:

1. Acetylsalicylic acid(Aspirin)
2. Adrenaline (epinephrine)
3. Albendazole
4. Dried Aluminium hydroxide gel+Magnesium hydroxide
5. Amitriptyline
6. Amlodipine
7. Amoxicillin
8. Ampicillin
9. Artemether+Lumefantrine(AL) (Artemisin based combination – ACT)
10. Artesunate
11. Atropine
12. Azithromycin
13. BCG Vaccine
14. Benzathine benzylpenicillin
15. Calamine
16. Calcium gluconate
17. Carbamazepine
18. Cefixime
19. Ceftriaxone
20. Cetirizine
21. Charcoal activated
22. Chlorhexidine (CHX)
23. Chloroquine
24. Ciprofloxacin
25. Clotrimazole
26. Clove oil
27. Cloxacillin
28. Combined Oral Contraceptive (COC)
29. Cotrimoxazole (SMX and TMP)
30. Dapsone, clofazimine, Rifampicin (MDT Combi Pack)
31. Dexamethasone
32. Dextrose (glucose)
33. Diazepam
34. Diclofenac sodium
35. Doxycycline
36. Ferrous sulphate and folic acid
37. FIPV Vaccine
38. Fluconazole
39. Fluoxetine
40. Folic acid
41. Frusemide
42. Gentamicin
43. Gentian violet
44. Glimepride
45. HPV vaccine
46. HRZE
47. Hydrocortisone
48. Hyoscine butylbromide
49. Ibuprofen
50. Japanese Encephalitis
51. Levonorgestrel
52. Lignocaine
53. Lignocaine with adrenaline 1:10,000
54. Losartan
55. Magnesium sulphate
56. Measles- Rubella Vaccine
57. Medroxyprogesterone
58. Metformin
59. Methyldopa
60. Metoclopramide
61. Metronidazole
62. Mifepristone
63. Misoprostol
64. Neomycin
65. Nifedipine
66. Nitrofurantion
67. Normal Saline (NS) (0.9%)
68. OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine )
69. Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS)
70. Oxygen
71. Oxymetazoline
72. Oxytocin
73. Paracetamol
74. PCV Vaccine (Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine )
75. Pentavalent vaccine (DPT, Hep B & Hemophilius influenza B)
76. Permethrin
77. Pheniramine
78. Phenobarbital
79. Povidone iodine
80. Pralidoxim sodium
81. Prednisolone
82. Primaquine
83. Pyridoxine
84. Ranitidine
85. Ringer’s Lactate (RL)
86. Risperidone
87. Rotavirus vaccine
88. Salbutamol
89. Silver sulfadiazine
90. Tetanus diphtheria (TD) Boster Dose
91. Tetanus Toxoid (TT)
92. Tetracycline
93. Tinidazole
94. Sodium valporate
95. Vitamin A
96. Vitamin B Complex
97. Vitamin K1
98. Zinc sulphate