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MSE News: Revealed: The IDENTICAL cold and flu medicines which cost a third of the...

Former_MSE_Megan_F
Former_MSE_Megan_F Posts: 418 Forumite
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edited 20 December 2016 at 9:36PM in Health & beauty MoneySaving
Some over-the-counter cold and flu medicines are being sold at three times the price of identical tablets with different packaging, a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation reveals....
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'Revealed: The IDENTICAL cold and flu medicines which cost a third of the price'
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  • liviboy
    liviboy Posts: 563 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    This is hardly surprising or new.

    Watchdog had reports about this years and years ago, Martin himself was interviewed by Anne Robinson talking about PL numbers...

    Clearly bored at the office for a whole new "investigation" to be undertaken....

    Yawn!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/32ffbadd-92ff-42b1-9ee6-c62925df82f7
  • robin58
    robin58 Posts: 2,802 Forumite
    Looks to me that someone at MSE Towers finally picked up the Which? magazine who did this story months ago.
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  • Jivesinger
    Jivesinger Posts: 1,221 Forumite
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    Studies on the placebo effect apparently show that patients taking placebos in branded packaging feel better than those given identical placebos in generic packaging.

    So people buying branded versions probably really do feel better as a result than they would have with generic versions. ;)
  • redux
    redux Posts: 22,976 Forumite
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    Even the cheap prices there look a bit expensive to me. Unbranded ibuprofen or paracetamol tablets for under 2 pence each, e.g. 84 or 96 for £1.50.
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