Anti-Malaria tablets - Malarone

matthew74

Just got 30 yesterday in Sainsburys - £2.28 each minus 5% for paying with vouchers I got through my employer reward scheme.

jonathon

I know this might be a silly question but cant you get them on prescription ?

gillbee

jonathon wrote: »

I know this might be a silly question but cant you get them on prescription ?

No - they are not available on prescription. I was told it is because malaria tablets are not required in the UK which seemed reasonable enough. I did however require a prescription to purchase malarone.

Incapuppy

gillbee wrote: »

I did however require a prescription to purchase malarone.

Our GP's charge £15 if you wish to take this prescription away to purchase malarone elsewhere - something else to bear in mind when calculating costs.

gillbee

Incapuppy wrote: »

Our GP's charge £15 if you wish to take this prescription away to purchase malarone elsewhere - something else to bear in mind when calculating costs.

My GP's charge was £10 however my partners GP did not charge at all so he picked up the prescription for the two of us. I couldn't understand why the charge was so high for a simple prescription.

jonathon

so you need a prescription and you still pay for the tablets

Incapuppy

jonathon wrote: »

so you need a prescription and you still pay for the tablets

I think it's because it is normally issued on a private prescription - so you need to pay for this (if taking away from GPs in our case) and then you have to pay for the drugs in full, ie: not available on a general prescription charge.

Malarone is, I think, generally regarded as the 'rolls royce' of anti-malarials but there are other much cheaper options available which will do the job just as well, providing they are suitable re: the current conditions at the time of travel to your destination.

Mick_12

TRAVELPHARM 46 tablets two people two weeks £101.20p

Joanelle123

matthew74 wrote: »

Just got 30 yesterday in Sainsburys - £2.28 each minus 5% for paying with vouchers I got through my employer reward scheme.

I am finding it confusing and time-consuming trying to find cheapest tablets - 10 days ago I asked Sainsbury pharmacy how much 21 tablets would be, they quoted me £50 something, Last Friday I took my prescription in (which says exactly same as I asked last week) and told me £66.+. Similarly, last Friday I went to Superdrug with my prescription, who quoted me £53.70; yesterday I decided to go to superdrug and get them - they quoted me £66.90. I have to go and see the same man I saw last Friday today now.

claire6hy

i didnt take anti malaria tablets when i went to the gambia! naughty naughty!!!