Prescription charges

qwert_yuiop

donnac2558 wrote: »

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

What if they're oul ones who never did any work when they were young?

I know one, she is over 70 and never worked her mother kept her and then she married late in life to an older man who was a pensioner. He died when she was in her early 60s. She gets £200 per week with all the different benefits.

The health minister said he wanted no exemptions, so that means pensioners and children will pay.

I know we hear all these stories about living it up on the dole, but £200 is not mad money. Even a packet of fags a day is about 30% of that. (And 80% of that goes straight back to Number 11, Downing street.)

snowmen

Just making the point that you can't necessarily buy the same paracetamol strength as would be prescribed - you can buy 200mg ones over the counter but can only be prescribed 500mg ones so can't compare the two.

Also i wonder if this discussion would even exist if the assembly hadn't decided to abolish prescription charges in the first place a few years ago.

jenheiffer

snowmen wrote: »

Just making the point that you can't necessarily buy the same paracetamol strength as would be prescribed - you can buy 200mg ones over the counter but can only be prescribed 500mg ones so can't compare the two.

Are you sure? I have never seen paracetamol in any strength other than 500mg. The thing is though that you csan only buy a small quantity (16 I think it is) because people have been known to overdose on them and damage their livers. Larger quantities have to be prescribed by a doctor if needed for chronic conditions.

Maybe you were thinking of ibuprofen - that is 200mg over the counter but you need a prescription for 400mg.

warmhands.coldheart

jenheiffer wrote: »

Are you sure? I have never seen paracetamol in any strength other than 500mg. The thing is though that you csan only buy a small quantity (16 I think it is) because people have been known to overdose on them and damage their livers. Larger quantities have to be prescribed by a doctor if needed for chronic conditions.

Maybe you were thinking of ibuprofen - that is 200mg over the counter but you need a prescription for 400mg.

All this "mg" quoting is nonsense anyway.... if a Dr says I need to take 2x400mg Ibuprofen tablets (i.e. 800mg) I'd imagine this is the same as taking 4x200mg Tablets (again 800mg).... so No you don't need prescription ibuprofen or paracetamol.....

Honkycat

You can buy 400mg Ibuprofen in the Boots.

warmhands.coldheart

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31713692

Well there's £73 Million down the pan that could have been saved without too much effort..... Northern Ireland's obsession with brands !!!

tommie

£73 million ?? !!

Well lets follow that up with this debacle --> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31702095

buy hey-ho, not to worry folks they`re recouping the loss by closing another hospital ward in Bangor --> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31723617

makes sense, don`t it?

donnac2558

Now here is the thing. One tablet I have to take I was on the generic version, no problem if it works I take. So repeat prescription for the past two months and no one can get the generic version so they have to give me the brand name. Tried a few chemists and told the wholesaler cannot get stock.

duggan1

tommie wrote: »

makes sense, don`t it?

Probably does make sense to close hospital wards in Bangor. Didn't that guy do a report and conclude that we only need half the hospitals we currently do?

warmhands.coldheart

duggan1 wrote: »

Probably does make sense to close hospital wards in Bangor. Didn't that guy do a report and conclude that we only need half the hospitals we currently do?

Now Now...... don't you know we need "Them & Us" Hospitals as well as every other public service here in Norn Iron....