Hayfever Tablets

sloughflint

WelshLamb wrote:

The Goverment (NHS) pay the pharmacies £2.45 plus 90p dispensing fee(approx) for every Loratadine prescription.therefore a 30pk Loratadine costs the government 3.35. In Wales we would pay £4 for the perscription (6.50 in England) so the NHS actually MAKE money from that particular presciption.

Obviously it varies by the drug prescribed e.g seretide evohaler 250 at over £60 each, the NHS would subsidise for this item. It is a very complexed system

NHS is funded by our tax and I think no one should be afraid to make the most of the NHS, seeing as we pay for it ourselves. Valuable jobs are also there as a result of prescribing too - doctors, pharmacist not to mention the people employed in surgeries and chemists.... The biggest loss to the NHS in the way of prescribing is the waste caused by people not using their prescription and forgetting to pick them up etc. They cannot be put back on the shelf and used again, they have to be disposed of.

Also presecriptions will be free in Wales for all with a welsh postcode by 2007.

End of boring speech!;)

I like you girl.

sloughflint

Poppy9 wrote:

I hear what you are saying Welshlamb but if people stopped using the NHS for trivial things that cost just a few pence extra direct from the shop then it would free up valuable resources to treat more pressing cases.

Don't get be started here. NHS seems to be the biggest money-wasting organisation around. Would you like me to elaborate?

1jim

has anyone tried chemist-4-u?
thanks
Jim

sellingmysoul666

1jim wrote:

has anyone tried chemist-4-u?
thanks
Jim

I havent bought anything from them online but they are a real chemists a few miles from me - when i last bought something from them the chap behind the counter was busy posting things - so its looks legit

sheena4711

Superdrug are doing 2 (7 tabs) for £2.50 on their own generic Cetrizine Dihydrochloride (Benadryl) which i thought was a bargain as it equates to 14 tablets @17p each. The generic Cetrizine (30 tabs) at chemist-4-u cost just over 6p a tab which is truly a bargain.

Dora_the_Explorer_5

sloughflint wrote:

Don't get be started here. NHS seems to be the biggest money-wasting organisation around. Would you like me to elaborate?

Our NHS isn't perfect - but it's made up of hard working, dedicated people. Knock the NHS and you knock it's people.

Sam_26

https://www.chemist-4-u.com registration can be checked on
http://www.rpsgb.org.uk/members/registration/prem.html

Reg No:
1034656

North Meols Pharmacy Ltd.

PR9 8ET

Poppy9

sloughflint wrote:

Don't get be started here. NHS seems to be the biggest money-wasting organisation around. Would you like me to elaborate?

So should we aid and abett the waste by just visiting the doctor for free prescription items when they could just as easily be bought cheaply over the counter (and a darn sight quicker).

libertine_2

Neither loratadine or ceterizine work for me so I get neoclarityn, otherwise known as desloratadine. A bit stronger, but prescription only.

Last time my doc prescribed 60 I think, but then again I'm a poor student and have to take it every day!

trace_567

You can buy Loratadine at travelpharm.com for £4.90 this includes the recorded delivery postage.
When I ordered some earlier this year they arrived the next day.

Their other non prescription tablets are worth looking through as they do a few other generic versions cheaper.

http://www.travelpharm.com/index.cfm/malaria/Products.Details/product_id/177/subject/loratadine_10mg_tablets_30_x_10mg_tablets