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05 November 2006, 10:49 AM
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My mother has been paying £6.90 (or whatever it now is) for a weekly repeat prescription of 250 ml of Aquasept, a skin cleanser used to get rid of skin bugs before and after surgery. She was advised by her GP to keep using this after contracting MRSA while in for a minor opp. She's being getting it for a couple of months now, so say about £60 worth. I did a quick search and you can buy the 500 ml bottle from express chemists for £2.95 with the 250 ml costing a mere £1.95!! 
05 November 2006, 11:05 AM
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I had an operation on my back, so therefore needed some dressings to cover it. Luckily the nurse at my surgery advised me to go to the chemist as I could get the same dressings for 17p each. Prescription would have been £6.90 per 10. 
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05 November 2006, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by _RIP_
My mother has been paying £6.90 (or whatever it now is) for a weekly repeat prescription of 250 ml of Aquasept, a skin cleanser used to get rid of skin bugs before and after surgery. She was advised by her GP to keep using this after contracting MRSA while in for a minor opp. She's being getting it for a couple of months now, so say about £60 worth. I did a quick search and you can buy the 500 ml bottle from express chemists for £2.95 with the 250 ml costing a mere £1.95!!
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05 November 2006, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by David Lock
I think another point being that her GP could have prescribed up to 2 month's worth on a single prescription.
Here in Wales the scrip charge is only £3 and thast will drop to £0 before the Assembly elections next May.
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05 November 2006, 02:52 PM
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RIP youve been ripped off mate.
We have our own medical centre pharmacy and when someone comes in like your mother would have done, we always advise them to buy privately if it is cheaper. I guess this just boils down to which pharmacy you go to and which pharmacist you meet at the end of the day.
If you pay for your medicine, next time ask the pharmacist if it works out cheaper not buying off prescription, they should tell you.
We have our own medical centre pharmacy and when someone comes in like your mother would have done, we always advise them to buy privately if it is cheaper. I guess this just boils down to which pharmacy you go to and which pharmacist you meet at the end of the day.
If you pay for your medicine, next time ask the pharmacist if it works out cheaper not buying off prescription, they should tell you.
05 November 2006, 03:38 PM
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My GP always prescribes me two months of tablets in one go so that I save on prescription charges, he's good like that I get on well with him anyway, he calls a bum an @rse, drives an Impreza STi and does the occasional bit of rally marshalling 
I get on well with him anyway, he calls a bum an @rse, drives an Impreza STi and does the occasional bit of rally marshalling
05 November 2006, 08:32 PM
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My GP is good - she always tells me if it is cheaper to buy something straight from the pharmacy..
06 November 2006, 08:11 AM
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My wife contracted MRSA in hospital. They are not interested. Once you are discharged, you are on your own. You pay, unless you can persuade your local practice to take the hit.
06 November 2006, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip
3 months or 90 days actually.
Here in Wales the scrip charge is only £3 and thast will drop to £0 before the Assembly elections next May.
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Here in Wales the scrip charge is only £3 and thast will drop to £0 before the Assembly elections next May.
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06 November 2006, 09:05 PM
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if you are lucky enough to be exempt you get the whole lot free providing its not two expensive otherwise you need get ok`d by the odbods in the primary health care for your area.
06 November 2006, 11:32 PM
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The reason that cheap drugs are a rip off on prescription is because it is an average figure to balance out the cost of more expensive drugs.
Couple of examples worked out to the maximum monthly doses:
Certain anti depressants i.e. sertraline are approx £50 per month.
Combivent (nebuliser solution) for severe asthmatics £60 per month.
Atorvastatin (anti cholesterol drug) for actual or potential heart patients £30 per month.
Clopidogrel (alternative to aspirin) for potential strokes, angina, heart attacks £35 per month.
Durogesic patches (Morphine patch for chronic pain e.g. cancer sufferer) £200 per month.
Xenical (stimulates fat elimination) Used for the treatment of fatters, sorry, chronic obesity £40 per month.
Viagra!!! £50 for 8 maximum strength tablets.
Some prescriptions can even cost over a grand.
Remember most of the above are prescribed for the patients lifetime.
So yes some prescriptions seem a rip off but others are a bargain.
Also you have to pay for scroungers/kids/pregnant women and the elderly. Approx 60% of prescriptions are given free.
As stated earlier most GPs and pharmacies will advise you if a generic brand is available cheaper so it is both her doctor and her pharmacy that has let her down.
Couple of examples worked out to the maximum monthly doses:
Certain anti depressants i.e. sertraline are approx £50 per month.
Combivent (nebuliser solution) for severe asthmatics £60 per month.
Atorvastatin (anti cholesterol drug) for actual or potential heart patients £30 per month.
Clopidogrel (alternative to aspirin) for potential strokes, angina, heart attacks £35 per month.
Durogesic patches (Morphine patch for chronic pain e.g. cancer sufferer) £200 per month.
Xenical (stimulates fat elimination) Used for the treatment of fatters, sorry, chronic obesity £40 per month.
Viagra!!! £50 for 8 maximum strength tablets.
Some prescriptions can even cost over a grand.
Remember most of the above are prescribed for the patients lifetime.
So yes some prescriptions seem a rip off but others are a bargain.
Also you have to pay for scroungers/kids/pregnant women and the elderly. Approx 60% of prescriptions are given free.
As stated earlier most GPs and pharmacies will advise you if a generic brand is available cheaper so it is both her doctor and her pharmacy that has let her down.
06 November 2006, 11:40 PM
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The presecription charges are the main reason why I stopped taking my medication.
Hasn't affected me one bit
Hasn't affected me one bit
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07 November 2006, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by _RIP_
My mother has been paying £6.90 (or whatever it now is) for a weekly repeat prescription of 250 ml of Aquasept, a skin cleanser used to get rid of skin bugs before and after surgery. She was advised by her GP to keep using this after contracting MRSA while in for a minor opp. She's being getting it for a couple of months now, so say about £60 worth. I did a quick search and you can buy the 500 ml bottle from express chemists for £2.95 with the 250 ml costing a mere £1.95!!
You've been a dip****. Face it, learn from it and move on!
07 November 2006, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sociopath
What did you think? All medications cost equal to or more than £6.90?
You've been a dip****. Face it, learn from it and move on!
You've been a dip****. Face it, learn from it and move on!
As I'm a picture of good health and supreme fitness I wouldnt know about these things
07 November 2006, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Nat21
Get a mate in India to buy drugs there and send them to you, cheap as chips
The best place to get medicine from is European countries. Cheap but similar to our branded stuff.
07 November 2006, 01:00 PM
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Yeh and risk having some chronic ingredients in them.
The best place to get medicine from is European countries. Cheap but similar to our branded stuff.
The best place to get medicine from is European countries. Cheap but similar to our branded stuff.
Eastern europe works just as well too, it's all good
07 November 2006, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Nat21
No problem if you get branded stuff though?
Eastern europe works just as well too, it's all good
Eastern europe works just as well too, it's all good
But looking at the European market, it is even better. You get the same for much less
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