2 items, same drug, different size dose mg

UKSBD

My daughter is currently on 100mg of a drug which is 28 tablets a month, she has just been increased to 150mg, there isn't a 150mg tablet so she has been prescribed 1 box of 100mg and 1 box of 50mg on the same prescription but listed as 2 items.
Will this cost her twice as much?

olgadapolga

Yes. If there are two items on the prescription then there will be two lots of charges to pay.

UKSBD

thanks,even though it is the same item?
Her prescription is dated 1st April, if we buy a prepayment certificate now can it be backdated to cover this one?

KxMx

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/prescription-prepayment-certificates-ppcs

Information here  

UKSBD

thanks, just done it
paid for 12 months, didn't realise it was cheaper even for just 1 item a month

suejb2

Couldn’t you have got 3 boxes of the 50mg then it will be one script charge?

piglet6

Actually, as long as the strength is the only difference, there will only be one prescription charge as long as it is on the same green prescription (or white prescription if your GP uses electronic scripts).  If the "form" is different (i.e. one strength was a tablet but the other strength was a capsule) that would be two charges, but as long as they are both tablets, a pharmacy should only charge you one charge (now £9.15 since 1st April), no matter how many different strengths of the item you have on the same script.  The only thing to be careful of is that the GP prints them both on the same script.  If he prints them on two different scripts (so you have two bits of paper), the pharmacy has to charge you twice because they can't give out a chargeable item for free on a script on its own, even if you are paying for a different strength at the same time on a difference script - hope that makes sense!