offering up to 70% commonly used prescription meds, including Sildenafil 4 tablets €2.99
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no they don’t stock tom Ford, they go up to channel for roughly €150 when I was there last, you can see the stock and pricing on Instagram but can’t order online sadly
My 13 year old cannot swallow tablets , even if I break them up. I used the soluble paracetamol there recently when she was ill. Couldn't get over the cost of them, but still it was cheaper than giving her the liquid Calpol that we gave the kids when they were small.
€4.50 for 12 pack non soluble in most places currently
Les than £0.50 for 16 generic paracetamol in UK, we are being ripped off to an unbelievable extent on OTC medications here and it is all down to this shower of taxpayer funded ****. https://www.hpra.ie/
You missed the joke.
But you did add to it, we now have "Brittany" and " Channel".
On the topic I do hate the place, it's garish, in your face, like a constant tv infomercial being in the place!
You're missing the point. That's just for plain paracetamol. Not for the one with caffeine in it. You can get a 12 pack of Panadol (which are more expensive than generic) in Boots Ireland for €2.79.
Boots.com shows that a pack of 24 soluble paracetamol with caffeine is £5.50. Which is about €6.60 with current exchange rates. Factor in getting the product here versus uk - yeah it probably is overpriced here at €9.70 (McCabes, Boots don't list it online) but that is where the Chemist Warehoue comes in & it's still cheaper than the UK Boots.
What's the HPRA role in this issue?
try using a straw i.e. pop the pill, then wash it down with water or juice through a straw rather than drinking straight out of the glass. Kind of forces the tablet to mix with the liquid rather than getting stuck in the throat.
Crush the tablets and stir into yoghurt or petit filou.
Rowalief paracetamol 24 is €1.49 - cheapest I've seen here
Ibe questioning him on it. This is from the gov dot IE website "From 1 March 2024, prescribers, including GPs, can write prescriptions for patients for up to 12 months. Pharmacists can also extend prescriptions, written after 1 March 2024, to up to 12 months if they are for 6 months."
They can doesn't mean they have to. It can be medication dependent. My mam is on a particular medication that requires a review with the GP every 3 months for the first couple of years on it before going to 6 months.
Is there some connection between Chemist Warehouse and Healthwise I wonder?
I ordered my usual Paralief from Healthwise yesterday but those arrived instead. They are actually better because they're film coated.
Reduced to €1.39 now - March flyer
Can I see online how much prescriptions will be before asking my existing chemist to forward my repeat to them? (Or are they on the phone?) I'm looking to get lamisil (or generic equivalent), and it's €30 a month. The local chemist had a huge markup.
According to Dr Google Terbinafine of is a generic equivalent of Lamisil, which they sell a 28 X 250MG tablets pack for €6.99 (price from last leaflet I got earlier this year). I have spoken to them by phone in my local branch to discuss my prescription.
Omg brilliant thanks! Knew I was being ripped off.
2013 calling https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/patient-paid-40-for-medication-that-cost-just-750-in-north/29584491.html
Healthwave quoting a bonkers €21 for 1 month, €18 for two months, etc
Healthwave Prescription Drug Price List Ireland
should be illegal to do this kind of thing
Which element specifically; up-front pricing?
Would you prefer it was €21 every month?
gouging. it'll never stop as it's built into society but yea.
people are scumbags mostly.
Some deals on OTC stuff in Chemist Warehouse until 20th April.
Rowalief paracetamol x24 €0.99
Brupro 200mg ibuprofen x12 €0.99
Vaseline 50g for €0.99
Does anyone have the prescription pricelist? They had a flyer with 000's listed
Got the prescriptions pricelist
Wow. My monthly script is 25% of what I pay at my local pharmacy. It's even half of what I paid in Spain recently.
So what's the procedure with a prescription from this crowd? Do you just rock up with a piece of paper or can it be emailed? Given I'd have to travel a bit I'd like to know they had stock.
You can phone stores directly and check stock, none of this UK call centre crap.
I've a friend who gets multiple months prescriptions together. I think 6? There's no cost benefit over getting them individually but it'll save you travelling. Assuming they've stock but I'm sure they'd order it in. They also take Healthmail electronic prescriptions from GP's.
Here's the issue, two bodies which do the same job (MHRA in the UK, HPRA here) sit down to answer the same question, how many tablets do we allow people to buy over the counter?
The UK says the answer is 16, the Irish crowd say the answer is 12. Result? Manufacturers have to produce specific sized products for the Irish market, meaning higher costs.
Ditto for things like Calpol, the answer is 60ml here and 100ml in the UK. Suits all involved, except the consumer (look at the price per 100ml).
https://www.boots.com/calpol-infant-sugar-free-and-colour-free-120-mg-5-ml-oral-suspension-strawberry-flavour-2-months-100ml-10122128
https://www.boots.ie/calpol-sugar-free-infant-oral-suspension-strawberry-flavour-60ml-10284029
Also means Boots here can't sell their generic version as they aren't producing a 60ml version just for the Irish market.
https://www.boots.com/boots-paracetamol-120-mg-5-ml-oral-suspension-2-months-plus---100ml-10281567
I went in with a paper prescription from my old chemist and they wouldn't take it. It has to be emailed from the GP. A pain as it was a long trip for me to get there.
Thanks for sharing the prescription list. Looks like it's around 5% dearer than my local pharmacy. Which is good to know.
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