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Cheaper prescriptions thread [No imports discussion]

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    #152
    Silver-Tiger
    Registered Users Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Silver-Tiger


    If your medication is not on their list online?

    Should i still make the call?

    Back touching the €144 a month for two meds that come to €150 ish without the DPS.


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    #153
    pjproby
    Registered Users Posts: 842 ✭✭✭pjproby


    yes


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    #154
    former total
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭former total


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    I have yet to see any independent study that indicates that this is the case... in fact, said study is conspicuous by its absence.
    I've seen some prices come down in Boots, and big dents from places such as Healthwave etc but not in local pharmacies.

    Are there particular medicines you have observed as dropping in price across the board?

    As per my post, the price of off-patent medicines has absolutely tumbled and in many cases is now lower in Ireland than in the UK.

    Take as an example, rosuvastatin, marketed as Crestor, an enormously successful drug and now off-patent.

    A few years ago, the basic price for 28 tablets (20 mg strength) was about €40. Add in mark-up and the patient is paying €60/month.

    The basic price is now €11.76 per 28 tablets. There is no more mark-up, just a dispensing fee of about €4, so approx €16/month for the patient.

    SOURCE


    Compare that price of €11.76 to the UK NHS basic price of £26 (SOURCE) and not only has the price come down signficantly but it's also much lower than the UK.


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    #155
    2RockMountain
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭2RockMountain


    Silver-Tiger wrote: »
    If your medication is not on their list online?

    Should i still make the call?

    Back touching the €144 a month for two meds that come to €150 ish without the DPS.

    Yes, yes, yes - and PM me if you want a sign-up code to get a further small discount.


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    #156
    angeldelight
    Registered Users Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭angeldelight


    screamer wrote: »
    Why? ......?.?

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2007/si/541/made/en/print


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    #157
    pjproby
    Registered Users Posts: 842 ✭✭✭pjproby


    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2007/si/541/made/en/print


    Amazing how our legislators conspire against us.


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    #158
    zagmund
    Registered Users Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭zagmund


    2RockMountain wrote: »
    Yes, yes, yes - and PM me if you want a sign-up code to get a further small discount.

    Or PM me for a referral code.

    z


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    #159
    Davy
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    To remind posters bargain alerts doesn't allow referrals, please read the forum charter before posting.

    This thread is to help find savings for subscriptions, not the place for discussing the legal regulations.


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    #160
    Silver-Tiger
    Registered Users Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Silver-Tiger


    Ok signed up this morning on the back of this thread and thanks to a poster for the 'help' with the membership fee.

    Hopefully it's as beneficial to me as others. I signed up, just text them and am awaiting a call. How long should i be waiting on a pharmacist to pop out to me?

    Cheers


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    #161
    Jenmckm
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Jenmckm


    I am thinking of registering with healthwave. I would appreciate a referral code if there is one available at all?

    Was also wondering how the first order process goes if I don't live near a healthwave pharmacy (which I don't), i.e. is there a charge for a pharmacist to carry out a home visit to collect the prescription before dispensing it?


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    #162
    wilsixon
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭wilsixon


    Jenmckm wrote: »
    I am thinking of registering with healthwave. I would appreciate a referral code if there is one available at all?

    Was also wondering how the first order process goes if I don't live near a healthwave pharmacy (which I don't), i.e. is there a charge for a pharmacist to carry out a home visit to collect the prescription before dispensing it?

    They send a pharmacist to visit - no charge. But you have to call them to arrange it. Took a week for me here in Mayo.
    I'm happy with service (and savings!) so far.


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    #163
    Jenmckm
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Jenmckm


    brookedave wrote: »
    They send a pharmacist to visit - no charge. But you have to call them to arrange it. Took a week for me here in Mayo.
    I'm happy with service (and savings!) so far.

    I've just signed up - thanks for your help. Hopefully it will save me a bit on my prescription charges - I've got quite a few items on my prescription so the dispensing fees alone normally add up.


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