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Paying for prescriptions?

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  • divadee
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    Agreed with lollipopsarah my asthma nurse gives me 2 inhalers a month per prescription so it actually lasts me 2 months.
  • Don't move to the Republic of Ireland - there you pay for what the medication actually costs. I was prescribed one set of tablets that cost EUR45 for five days. I got better very quickly!! There's an upper limit of EUR120 per month per household - it makes you very appreciative of the NHS.
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  • barbiedoll wrote: »
    You can only buy the blue "reliever" inhalers at Asda at present, the brown "preventer" inhalers are still prescription-only items.

    If you are paying for your prescriptions, ask your GP to write the prescription for double the amount. You may have to make a bit of a fuss though!

    That's exactly what I used to do and my GP did it no problem. Not that I need to worry about the costs anymore being in Scotland!

    I did used to skimp on my inhalers a few years ago because I couldn't afford to pay for them.
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