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Buying Malaria pills?

  • 13-05-2011 2:34pm
    #1
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭


    right, I'm travelling for 11 nonths, 9 of those in malarious areas (block of 3 months, 2 month break and a 6 month block) was prescribed Doxy as it's 1/5th the cost of Mal and so on.

    Anyway, I was wondering if I should buy 11 months here, or buy a few months now and buy more as I go?

    I am guessing it will be a lot cheaper in other countries?

    Any tips from anyone?


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  • #2
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Give us a clue...where are you going?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If the place has malaria, then it's a poor country and Doxy will be cheap.


  • #4
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    I got my Doxycycline from the Medical centre in Changi airport in S'pore.

    Doc at the consult graduated from RCSI, chit-chat ensued. If the dispensary is credible, buy them overseas.

    Consult & meds cost me very little.


  • #5
    spdmrphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭spdmrphy


    Doxycycline is pretty cheap here anyway. I'd at least buy some of it before you go, just to be prepared like.


  • #6
    NashD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭NashD


    Myself and my other half need to get our malaria tablets for our summer holidays and we are buying it under the Drugs Payment Scheme so that only one of us has to pay (we are getting Malorone so one prescription hits the limit of €120).

    You don't pay more than €120 in one month for the prescription so why not get all of it here under that scheme?
    Ask your chemist to check if there would be any problems.....


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  • #7
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    NashD wrote: »
    Myself and my other half need to get our malaria tablets for our summer holidays and we are buying it under the Drugs Payment Scheme so that only one of us has to pay (we are getting Malorone so one prescription hits the limit of €120).

    You don't pay more than €120 in one month for the prescription so why not get all of it here under that scheme?
    Ask your chemist to check if there would be any problems.....
    Under DPS you can only get 1 month's prescription at a time. So while you might get away with getting your drugs on 1st and 30th of a month under the scheme, you wouldn't get away with getting 9 months worth at once!

    Please don't suggest ways of getting around the DPS


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