Medical Card - Pharmacists

jamesdublin12

Hi there,
Just wondered if I have a letter from a doctor (surgeon) in a hospital i.e a prescription ARE ALL presciptions covered on the medical card.
Im knew to this. never had one before.

Or is it just presciptions from ur doctor, and are there like exemptions from certain brands or certain tablets etc that not given out on the medical card... OR is all presciptions given?

sud1

If you get a hospital prescription from a public hospital then the pharmacy can give you a seven day supply of your medication under a scheme called hospital emergency but it has to be within 24 hours of it been written...other than that take it to the gp and he/she will re write it on a medical card prescription...

The only medication that is covered is medication that have a gms code...most prescribed medication does but not all...

jamesdublin12

sud1 wrote: »

If you get a hospital prescription from a public hospital then the pharmacy can give you a seven day supply of your medication under a scheme called hospital emergency but it has to be within 24 hours of it been written...other than that take it to the gp and he/she will re write it on a medical card prescription...

The only medication that is covered is medication that have a gms code...most prescribed medication does but not all...

Im going to a private hospital. booked and paid for before I was made unemployed. So that hospital I know is going to write me a prescription to keep me going for the next year. So u rekon I need to take that to my GP.