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Melatonin on the medical card ?

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  • 21-03-2018 10:26pm
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    Patient11
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭


    Anyone know if Melatonin is covered by the medical card ?


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    echo beach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭echo beach


    No. Only one preparation is licensed and it isn’t on the list of drugs covered on the medical card. Other preparations are available as unlicensed medicines but would have to be paid for privately.


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    Patient11
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭Patient11


    echo beach wrote: »
    No. Only one preparation is licensed and it isn’t on the list of drugs covered on the medical card. Other preparations are available as unlicensed medicines but would have to be paid for privately.


    Is there a website that lists all the medications covered by the medical card ?


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    locum-motion
    Registered Users Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    Patient11 wrote: »
    Is there a website that lists all the medications covered by the medical card ?

    Not quite.
    The Primary Care Reimbursement Service's website (www.pcrs.ie) has a link to what they call the List of Reimbursable Items, but it's incomplete! A previous poster mentioned UnLicensed Medicines. Some ULM's are allowed on the GMS (but not Melatonin), but they're not on the List!


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