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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the 
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Duramed 
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for the registration of 1,401,584 shares of its common 
stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March 
20, 1998, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of 
Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1996, and 
1995, included in the Annual Report for 1997 filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission.


Cincinnati, Ohio
December 17, 1998