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Cheaper pharmacy prescriptions @ PurePharmacy

  • 24-11-2016 10:33AM
    #1
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭


    Pure Pharmacy state they have cheaper prescriptions than competitors.
    They have 4 stores in Dublin, 1 Drogheda, 1 Galway
    But most importantly, they have a list of prices online.
    http://www.purepharmacy.ie/price-checker


Comments

  • #2
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,506 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    nice one, pity they don't ship the products once you supply them with a prescriptions. Their price comparisons are impressive, less than half the price for my inhalers than the local robbing pharmacy. Pity they aren't in Cork...yet!


  • #3
    Amouar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭Amouar


    Do you need to pay subscription fee or anything? OR you just pay the price as shown on their price checker because they appear to be very cheap indeed.
    I paid almost 9 euros for my last prescription, and when checked it on their price checker it showed as 1.05!


  • #4
    Red Silurian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,849 ✭✭✭✭Red Silurian


    Amouar wrote: »
    Do you need to pay subscription fee or anything? OR you just pay the price as shown on their price checker because they appear to be very cheap indeed.
    I paid almost 9 euros for my last prescription, and when checked it on their price checker it showed as 1.05!

    +1 my prescriptions work out cheaper than getting them on the medical card


  • #5
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭screamer


    They're dearer for my inhalers than my local pharmacy!


  • #6
    td2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 539 ✭✭✭td2008


    still about 25 quid more expensive per month than healthwave for me


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  • #7
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,506 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    screamer wrote: »
    They're dearer for my inhalers than my local pharmacy!

    2 questions:

    1. what inhalers are you on?
    and
    2. Where is your local pharmacy? :D


  • #8
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,464 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Is the price checker working? I'm putting in generic names but getting no response.


  • #9
    Robxxx7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭Robxxx7


    Jeez .. my medicine is half what i'm currently paying in my local pharmacy ... thats crazy ..

    Shame they don't deliver though otherwise it would be a no brainer


  • #10
    Macca07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭Macca07


    Robxxx7 wrote: »
    Jeez .. my medicine is half what i'm currently paying in my local pharmacy ... thats crazy ..

    Shame they don't deliver though otherwise it would be a no brainer

    My meds are coming in cheaper in my local pharmacy in Cork.


  • #11
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,431 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Cheaper for me on generics, same price on branded inhalers.
    You need to type at least 3 characters, then wait a second, and you should see a list of matching results in the dropdown.
    Then enter a quantity, even if it is for a monthly tablet pack so 30 tablets.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • #12
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,464 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Cheaper for me on generics, same price on branded inhalers.
    You need to type at least 3 characters, then wait a second, and you should see a list of matching results in the dropdown.
    Then enter a quantity, even if it is for a monthly tablet pack so 30 tablets.
    Thanks for the guidance - I was a bit impatient obviously, and my mispelling didn't help.
    td2008 wrote: »
    still about 25 quid more expensive per month than healthwave for me
    Yes, a bit more expensive than Healthwave for me too.
    Robxxx7 wrote: »
    Jeez .. my medicine is half what i'm currently paying in my local pharmacy ... thats crazy ..

    Shame they don't deliver though otherwise it would be a no brainer
    Have you tried Healthwave in Dundrum? They will deliver by courier four times a year at no extra cost.


  • #13
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,368 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    Same price as my local pharmacy.


  • #14
    fulhamfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭fulhamfan


    They do not charge joining fee of any type. They are significantly cheaper than normal chemists and in terms of Health Wave as a comparison, it depends on what your buying. I needed 2 Epi pens for allergies, Health Wave 90, Hilltop Pharmacy Raheny and Pure were 59 for better one than I ever got in other chemists. HSE should refuse to pay above the costs of these competitive chemists, boy would they save a fortune!!


  • #15
    Galadriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭Galadriel


    It's working out over €30 dearer for my medication :eek:

    For the generic equivalent it's about €6 cheaper.


  • #16
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Galadriel wrote: »
    It's working out over €30 dearer for my medication :eek: For the generic equivalent it's about €6 cheaper.
    But surely you'd want the generic version anyway?


  • #17
    Galadriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭Galadriel


    snubbleste wrote: »
    But surely you'd want the generic version anyway?

    Well initially I didn't know there was a generic version available, I just put in what I use and saw it was over €30 dearer so I emailed them and they replied with the generic price.

    The point I was making though is it's not cheaper for what I was looking for quiet the opposite, and to be honest as the generic is only €6 cheaper not much of a saving on a six month prescription.


  • #18
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,596 ✭✭✭✭zell12


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