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€50 to get a prescription for the pill each time?!?!

  • 03-12-2005 2:37pm
    #1
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,039 ✭✭✭✭


    Just a quick question people. Everytime my girlfriend wants to get a prescription for the pill she has to shell out €50 to the doctor. Is this always the case? It seems expensive when she simple wants a new prescription. She's not going in for a consultation or with any queries. It just takes a short while.
    Is this the norm?


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  • #2
    arac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭arac


    yeah, its for the gp visit, not for the prescription though The price will vary from area to area according to the gp. If she is in college, she will be entitled to free visits..sometimes a doctor will leave it out in reception for you, but thats a bit scabby..or sometimes a doctor will give you prescriptions for longer periods like 6 months to a year, however if you are on this type of medication you should get regular check ups for blood preassure etc


  • #3
    angeldelight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭angeldelight


    I think it can depend on the surgery. I know when I want to get a repeat prescription for the contraceptive injection i just ring up my doctors and they leave it at reception, then I go to see the practice nurse to get the shot so I don't actually see the doctor and don't pay the full consultation fee. As far as I know they do this for all repeat prescriptions they issue, apart from every few months when they want to do a check-up to make sure everything's still ok etc. She could enquire about this? Mine is a very busy city centre practice so they probably just do it to save time.


  • #4
    Heyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Heyes


    eo980 wrote:
    Just a quick question people. Everytime my girlfriend wants to get a prescription for the pill she has to shell out €50 to the doctor. Is this always the case? It seems expensive when she simple wants a new prescription. She's not going in for a consultation or with any queries. It just takes a short while.
    Is this the norm?

    Just ring up and ask for a repeat prescription.

    She may have to go for a check up every now and again, but not everytime.


  • #5
    Seraphina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭Seraphina


    god bless my mother the pharmacist. no need for doctors visits :)


  • #6
    ArthurDent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 915 ✭✭✭ArthurDent


    AFAIK it is recommended that you have at least a yearly check-up when on the pill - counterindicated if you've high blood pressure so they need to check you out (also look for sudden weight loss/gain), but you should be able to get 6 monthly perscription. Probably no harm to have a check up every 6 months anyway.


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  • #7
    ArthurDent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 915 ✭✭✭ArthurDent


    Seraphina wrote:
    god bless my mother the pharmacist. no need for doctors visits :)

    wouldn't be boasting about this tbh - not exactly legal for pharmacists to supply drugs without perscription.


  • #8
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    My girlfriend pays about 8 euro each time. Then 40 for a check up every few months.

    50 each time sounds really steep.


  • #9
    ronbyrne2005
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,494 ✭✭✭ronbyrne2005


    unless theres a check up dont pay for a repeat prescription,tell the greedy gp that you will change surgery if he continues to charge for writting a repeat prescription(ten seconds work), most gp's wont charge for a repeat prescription so go elsewhere if he doesnt agree to free or low cost repeat prescription tell him you cant afford it,they are ethically obliged to provide healthcare to a person even if they cant afford it.


  • #10
    rugbug86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,335 ✭✭✭rugbug86


    she just just ask for a repeat prescription. most docs will write one for 6 months.


  • #11
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    ronbyrne2005 wrote:
    they are ethically obliged to provide healthcare to a person even if they cant afford it.

    Not on this planet...


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  • #12
    rugbug86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,335 ✭✭✭rugbug86


    ronbyrne2005 wrote:
    unless theres a check up dont pay for a repeat prescription,tell the greedy gp that you will change surgery if he continues to charge for writting a repeat prescription(ten seconds work), most gp's wont charge for a repeat prescription so go elsewhere if he doesnt agree to free or low cost repeat prescription tell him you cant afford it,they are ethically obliged to provide healthcare to a person even if they cant afford it.
    If you can't afford it they'll just send you to your local free health centre


  • #13
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,039 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Thanks folks for all the good advice. The last two times she wrote prescriptions for three months, but the GP has now extended this to 6 months which is grand. We were asking for a repeat prescription, but the GP wasn't the best as far as I was concerned. It's close to work for us both though.

    Many thanks.


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