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Tamifu

  • 27-04-2009 1:42pm
    #1
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks,

    Quick question; Is Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) only available on prescription or is it over the counter?

    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Caoimhín wrote: »
    Hi folks,

    Quick question; Is Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) only available on prescription or is it over the counter?

    Thanks in advance.

    Prescription only (despite what Gerry Ryan says!)


  • #3
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Prescription only (despite what Gerry Ryan says!)

    I dont listen to that muppet. Prescription only eh?

    Internet it is then.


  • #4
    Mucco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Mucco


    Caoimhín wrote: »
    I dont listen to that muppet. Prescription only eh?

    Internet it is then.

    Are you sure that's a good idea?


  • #5
    Vorsprung
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,816 ✭✭✭Vorsprung


    You wouldn't have used said internet to check that yourself?!


  • #6
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    Mucco wrote: »
    Are you sure that's a good idea?

    Ah wha the hell, sure it will be a surprise when i take it.


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  • #7
    SomeDose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭SomeDose


    Caoimhín wrote: »
    Ah wha the hell, sure it will be a surprise when i take it.

    Seriously, don't be an idiot.

    I don't know exactly how it works in Ireland but in the UK you can't get Tamiflu on an NHS prescription if you're not "at risk" (i.e. elderly or have certain illnesses) and otherwise healthy. You can still get it on private prescription, however, which I guess is essentially how it works in Ireland anyway. So €50/€60 for GP visit plus about €30 (guessing) for the medicine.


  • #8
    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Top-Irish-doctor-issues-warning-against-swine-flu-panic-43773382.html wrote:
    Cahill also pointed out that in the last swine flu outbreak in the U.S in 1976, more people died from taking the vaccination for the flu than the flu itself.

    .


  • #9
    DrIndy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭DrIndy


    ordering drugs over the internet is illegal and very unwise.

    locked.


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