Pharmacists charge mark-ups of 354pc on prescription medicines

Citywest111

http://www.independent.ie/health/health-news/pharmacists-charge-markups-of-354pc-on-prescription-medicines-2907841.html

Celly Smunt

Citywest111 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/health/health-news/pharmacists-charge-markups-of-354pc-on-prescription-medicines-2907841.html

well there isn't really any competition to drive the prices down when you think about it and we'll be waiting a long time for the legislation route.

lazygal

News just in!!! Private enterprises seek to make maximum amount of profit through selling goods and services!!!

ColeTrain

lazygal wrote: »

News just in!!! Private enterprises seek to make maximum amount of profit through selling goods and services!!!

354% does seem a little excessive though. That's why the news is in!

Celly Smunt

ColeTrain wrote: »

354% does seem a little excessive though. That's why the news is in!

what about tax on cigarettes? surely that's excessive too?...

smash

ColeTrain wrote: »

354% does seem a little excessive though. That's why the news is in!

Doesn't matter, the drug payment scheme pays for most of it... Oh wait, we pay for that don't we.

foxyboxer

It's like to predatory lending ad's on tv.

With the small print stating on screen:






APR 1212%

Snakeblood

lazygal wrote: »

News just in!!! Private enterprises seek to make maximum amount of profit through selling goods and services!!!

It's rather more like 'Private enterprises fail to engage in competition in order to drive prices down, which makes rather a mockery of the concept of the open market and demands some sort of regulation!'


I will admit, yours is catchier though.

ColeTrain

pmcmahon wrote: »

what about tax on cigarettes? surely that's excessive too?...

Popcorn in the cinema is another. I'm sure we could find a few more examples but the thread was highlighting the Pharmacy mark ups..

4leto

lazygal wrote: »

News just in!!! Private enterprises seek to make maximum amount of profit through selling goods and services!!!

Its madness, they only get away with this because most of that mark up is paid for by the state, well the taxpayer.

Count the amount of chemists with-in 2 miles of you I bet its over 10, this will give you an indication as to how profitable their business is. This rank cartel profiteering has to be stopped.

upforit101

Another news flash; chip shops have a 500% mark up on chips.
Think i'll have to huff and puff with moral outrage like Ray D'Arcy I mean food is a necessity right?
F'nn Pharmacists they should work for free and give people meds for free paid for out of their own pockets.
How dare they try to earn a living!!!
Didn't you know Pharmacists are totally responsible for global warming and the recession?

ballsymchugh

ColeTrain wrote: »

354% does seem a little excessive though. That's why the news is in!

to clarify that....

they charge up to 354%.
that could be one pharmacy selling one particular drug at such a mark up.

Snakeblood

OSI wrote: »

I have a total of 0. The nearest is nearly 10 miles away, next silly assumption?

You live on a farm?

krudler

wonder how much markup is on rice in chinese restaurants? must be in the hundreds of percent as well. rice, great when you feel like eating thousands of something.

Tesco Massacre

Don't even get me started on the price of syphilis medication.

Rawhead

upforit101 wrote: »

Another news flash; chip shops have 500% mark up on chips.
Think i'll have to huff and puff with moral outrage like Ray D'Arcy I mean food is a necessity right?
F'nn Pharmacists they should work for free and give people meds for free paid for out of their own pockets.
How dare they try to earn a living!!!
Didn't you know Pharmacists are responsible for global warming and the recession?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Spot the pharmacist

ejmaztec

Isn't there about a 3000% mark-up on orange squash in a pub?

4leto

OSI wrote: »

I have a total of 0. The nearest is nearly 10 miles away, next silly assumption?

You must be living on Skellig Micheal because in Dublin there are 1000s of them.

Chuck Stone

From the comments underneath the piece.

I buy the generic drug Atorvastatina in Spain which is direct equivalent for Lipitor .
Cost in Spain for Atorvastina is €16.25 Cost of Lipitor is Ireland €65.77. On top of which I do not need to pay €65 for a prescription. Where is the reality

People need to wise up and start sourcing generic meds from as cheap a reliable source as thhey can.

ejmaztec

ColeTrain wrote: »

Popcorn in the cinema is another. I'm sure we could find a few more examples but the thread was highlighting the Pharmacy mark ups..

I've never been prescribed popcorn, what does it cure?

Saila

misleading headline grabber is misleading

the 354% mark up applies to selling TO Pharmacists! if they get raped on prices then the consumer gets that cost passed onto them, so its nothing to do with your local pharmacy, its just bollox :rolleyes:

Snakeblood

ejmaztec wrote: »

Isn't there about a 3000% mark-up on orange squash in a pub?

Yep. I'm more than willing to join a 'drop the bloody price of orange squash' thread too. Although people seldom need daily injections of orange squash.

Chuck Stone

pmcmahon wrote: »

what about tax on cigarettes? surely that's excessive too?...

This isn't a good comparison.

Many drugs keep people alive and healthy and are not a choice. Also, when it comes to health people are often vulnerable especially older people who come from the 'trust authority' times.

Pharmacists who engage in massive mark-ups should be ashamed of themselves.

4leto

upforit101 wrote: »

Another news flash; chip shops have 500% mark up on chips.
Think i'll have to huff and puff with moral outrage like Ray D'Arcy I mean food is a necessity right?
F'nn Pharmacists they should work for free and give people meds for free paid for out of their own pockets.
How dare they try to earn a living!!!
Didn't you know Pharmacists are responsible for global warming and the recession?

They earn a very good living, they are more PS workers as the government drugs payment scheme are paying the bulk of the wages.

drdeadlift

upforit101 wrote: »

Another news flash; chip shops have a 500% mark up on chips.
Think i'll have to huff and puff with moral outrage like Ray D'Arcy I mean food is a necessity right?
F'nn Pharmacists they should work for free and give people meds for free paid for out of their own pockets.
How dare they try to earn a living!!!
Didn't you know Pharmacists are responsible for global warming and the recession?

Never knew chips were an effective antibiotic

Rawhead

ejmaztec wrote: »

I've never been prescribed popcorn, what does it cure?

The buttered version is a wonderful cure for skinniness.

mapaco

Chuck Stone wrote: »

From the comments underneath the piece.



People need to wise up and start sourcing generic meds from as cheap a reliable source as thhey can.

to follow on from this....any decent websites to find legit medication?
i've been skipping days on my meds cos i cant afford them. not healthy for me or my husband

upforit101

Next time you see a Pharmacist kill him or her - they deserve it.
(should be easy enough to spot, there's a target on their backs).

ColeTrain

ejmaztec wrote: »

I've never been prescribed popcorn, what does it cure?

Hunger.

Snakeblood

mapaco wrote: »

to follow on from this....any decent websites to find legit medication?
i've been skipping days on my meds cos i cant afford them. not healthy for me or my other half

Split Personality?

upforit101

Hitler was a Pharmacist.

Chuck Stone

upforit101 wrote: »

Another news flash; chip shops have a 500% mark up on chips.
Think i'll have to huff and puff with moral outrage like Ray D'Arcy I mean food is a necessity right?

Poor comparison.

Fast food is not a necessity and not eating it will not threaten your well being. Many people have no choice but to take medicines.

I'm sure you're aware of this.

mapaco

Snakeblood wrote: »

Split Personality?

husband who has to deal with fallout of lack of meds

Rawhead

upforit101 wrote: »

Next time you see a Pharmacist kill him or her - they deserve it.
(should be easy enough to spot, there's a target on their backs).

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Thin skinned profession I see.

upforit101

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Poor comparison.

Fast food is not a necessity and not eating it will not threaten your well being.

Kill all the Pharmacists.

Snakeblood

mapaco wrote: »

husband who has to deal with fallout of lack of meds

It was a joke, based around the other half thing. meds. cough.

Rawhead

upforit101 wrote: »

Hitler was a Pharmacist.

I feckin knew it. Pol Pot ran the beauty counter in Boots Phnom Penh as well I believe.

darkmaster2

The IMB (who are in on the whole cartel/scam and in the pockets of thepharma industry) will prevent you from importing cheaper generic meds. Its a complete joke and needs to be sorted out.

mapaco wrote: »

Chuck Stone wrote: »

From the comments underneath the piece.



People need to wise up and start sourcing generic meds from as cheap a reliable source as thhey can.

to follow on from this....any decent websites to find legit medication?
i've been skipping days on my meds cos i cant afford them. not healthy for me or my other half

mapaco

Snakeblood wrote: »

It was a joke, based around the other half thing. meds. cough.

i know it was a joke-hilarious btw
question mark usually indicates a query so i just answered ya

Chuck Stone

upforit101 wrote: »

Kill all the Pharmacists.

How about they just give people a fair price?

Snakeblood

mapaco wrote: »

i know it was a joke-hilarious btw
question mark usually indicates a query so i just answered ya

Sorry, couldn't tell, and I am generally loath to offend people who have stuff to deal with. Sometimes I cross the line and have to look back to see it.

ejmaztec

Snakeblood wrote: »

Yep. I'm more than willing to join a 'drop the bloody price of orange squash' thread too. Although people seldom need daily injections of orange squash.

Oompa Lumpahs swear by it.

4leto

Chuck Stone wrote: »

How about they just give people a fair price?

Give the taxpayer a fair price, Harney successfully took them on but she didn't go far enough.

Rawhead

ejmaztec wrote: »

Oompa Lumpahs swear by it.

Don't forget all those girls in Dundrum shopping centre.

mapaco

Snakeblood wrote: »

Sorry, couldn't tell, and I am generally loath to offend people who have stuff to deal with. Sometimes I cross the line and have to look back to see it.

no no god not offended at all!! i wrote it badly!:rolleyes:

inforfun

A few months ago, while on holidays my girlfriend suffered some accute allergic reaction.
Doc prescribed medication and off to the pharmacy we went
It was cough syrup, nose drops, anti-biotics and something for her stomach.

Total cost: €16

Now explain to me why the same would have left you with hardly any change from €100 in Ireland.

Captain Darling

Always ask for the generic brand of whatever drug you are getting on prescription. there's massive savings to be had.

Chuck Stone

mapaco wrote: »

to follow on from this....any decent websites to find legit medication?
i've been skipping days on my meds cos i cant afford them. not healthy for me or my husband

I haven't a clue. I'm lucky enough to be reasonably healthy. Just an inhaler every month or two.

upforit101

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Poor comparison.

Fast food is not a necessity and not eating it will not threaten your well being. Many people have no choice but to take medicines.

I'm sure you're aware of this.

Chips are Food & food is a necessity, someone from the Irish independent said you can die if you don't eat.

4leto

Captain Darling wrote: »

Always ask for the generic brand of whatever drug you are getting on prescription. there's massive savings to be had.

I take the medicine the doctor prescribes. There isn't generic medicine for everything.

RichieC

pmcmahon wrote: »

well there isn't really any competition to drive the prices down when you think about it and we'll be waiting a long time for the legislation route.

in the local shops where my folks live there's two pharmacies beside each other.