I get these now and again and notice the price steadily creeping towards a tenner but I was charged 13 euro this morning in Dublin city centre. I queried the price and was told they went up twice in the last 6 months. I am going to check around but is this price gauging by pharmacists everywhere or is this an isolated incident ?
Nurofen Plus tablets for pain relief from rheumatic and muscular pain, migraine, cramping period pain, dental pain, backache, fever and symptoms of cold and...
www.thefamilypharmacy.ie
It could be price gauging by Nurofen themselves to a certain extent... actually TheFamilyPharmacy site has fairly typical pricing for other OTC medicines, so unless it is still on old pricing that chemist was €3 OTT.
If you're ever going on holidays to Spain, Turkey, etc, bring your prscrip with you although you might not always need it, but you will buy antibiotics and possibly Nurofen Plus and other medicines an awful lot cheaper. Another thing, shop around and online, you can buy far cheaper in a lot of Irish Pharmacies and lots of them deal online with big discounts and all above board.
Or as mentioned above, just buy the generic brands...….They are exactly the same. To be fair to pharmacies, my local one is always trying to educate people on buying the cheaper version. Unfortunately people like my wife are still brainwashed by brands...….
I don't believe there is a generic brand which offers ibuprofen and codeine in one tablet ? These are non-prescription so Spain etc is not an option (codeine cannot be bought otc). The alternative is the UK where 32 tablets are £9 so pro rata about €7ish. I was just curious about the fact that the last packet cost me less than a tenner so an increase of 33% is ttp imo.
I don't believe there is a generic brand which offers ibuprofen and codeine in one tablet ? These are non-prescription so Spain etc is not an option (codeine cannot be bought otc). The alternative is the UK where 32 tablets are £9 so pro rata about €7ish. I was just curious about the fact that the last packet cost me less than a tenner so an increase of 33% is ttp imo.
£6.99 on Superdrug UK website for 24. In effect, you were charged double the UK price. £2.20 for ordinary Nurofen at Sainsburys. Sadly the Pharmacy Regulator will not take a complaint about pricing. Maybe its one for Joe Duffy