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Are malarone tablets for malaria covered under the medical card?

  • 27-07-2012 10:17pm
    #1
    greeny12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭


    in Ireland? I am going to africa at end of august, just want to know.


    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    greeny12 wrote: »
    in Ireland? I am going to africa at end of august, just want to know.


    Thanks in advance

    Yes, you can get a months supply of Malarone on your Medical Card. I got a months supply last year before taking a trip to Thailand.


  • #3
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    At the risk of provoking a indignant backlash along the 'entitlement' line - why should the taxpayer pay to hand out free medicine to people who can afford to go to exotic locations like Africa and Thailand?


  • #4
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    coylemj wrote: »
    At the risk of provoking a indignant backlash along the 'entitlement' line - why should the taxpayer pay to hand out free medicine to people who can afford to go to exotic locations like Africa and Thailand?

    If you cant answer the OPs question or have nothing constructive to add, then please dont post here.


  • #5
    Gatica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,301 ✭✭✭Gatica


    If you need more than month's supply, you can get lots of that stuff prescribed through a Drug Payments scheme card. The limit is 133 per month, so you won't have to pay more than that if your medication costs more. Also, if you've someone else from your household requiring medication in same period, they would come under the same 133 limit. Would be worth checking and share the costs.

    My fiancee and I are getting ours together from the one pharmacy, i.e. 133 limit for both of us, not each.


  • #6
    cagefactor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭cagefactor


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    If you cant answer the OPs question or have nothing constructive to add, then please dont post here.

    Farcical. The post was valid. They were just noting that its a joke that the tax payer has to pay for medication for people going on holidays now aswell.


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  • #7
    Gatica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,301 ✭✭✭Gatica


    posters are usually encouraged to stick to the topic. If an OP requests answer to a question, then posting without attempting to answer the question would be considered off-topic. (I'm sure lots of us thought it, didn't post it though as it's kind of irrelevant).


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