Medicine spoons

Bargain_Rzl

Where can you buy them separately from a bottle of medicine?

Do they do them in Boots/poundshops?

Thanks!

Nicki

My local chemist will hand them out for free, along with syringes if you need to give medicine to young children.

suki1964

Just ask at the chemist, should hand you them free

VfM4meplse

suki1964 wrote: »

Just ask at the chemist, should hand you them free

Not strictly correct. The pharmacist will only supply 5ml spoons foc when a liquid med is dispensed, and oral syringes when a volume that is a fraction of 5ml needs to be dosed. Otherwise customers are free to purchase these, spoons for about 10p and oral syringes for about 70p.

Bargain_Rzl

Thanks all. I will ask at the chemist

suki1964

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Not strictly correct. The pharmacist will only supply 5ml spoons foc when a liquid med is dispensed, and oral syringes when a volume that is a fraction of 5ml needs to be dosed. Otherwise customers are free to purchase these, spoons for about 10p and oral syringes for about 70p.

Guess your chemists arent as user friendly as mine - get ours free as well as the childs syringes if I need them

VfM4meplse

If your pharmacist is giving them away without charge they are likely to be an employee who is unfamiliar with the drug tariff!!

moneysaving_pharmacist

VfM4meplse wrote: »

If your pharmacist is giving them away without charge they are likely to be an employee who is unfamiliar with the drug tariff!!

Or they know the tariff and know that the contractor gets paid a container allowance of 3.24p per item and decided the goodwill is worth the cost of a spoon or syringe. Personally it depends what type of mood I'm in and how the persons asks.

suki1964

VfM4meplse wrote: »

If your pharmacist is giving them away without charge they are likely to be an employee who is unfamiliar with the drug tariff!!

Not everyone is out to screw every penny out of every customer through the door and as moneysaving pharmacist has said - goodwill is worth more then the few pence a spoon costs

Here we dont bother asking for the odd pennies either, if shopping was £15.10 say, and you handed over a 20 you would get a fiver change. The bar/restaurant I work doesnt count up coppers, we dont ask for them and if someone gives us them as part payment, they go in the charity box.