This looks like a pharmacists POV. Your points about the refunds over €100, free for over 70's and tax deductibles are all correct - but you forget to mention that these are real costs going from the state into the pharmacists pocket. The patient may not pay, but the pharmacist gets the money either way.Confirms Ireland is one of the more expensive countires for medicine, however you also need to take into account that if monthly prescriptions are over €100 you are refunded the cost over this. Also, nearly all over 70's get all their prescription medicine free.
Overall, those of us who only need periodic low price medicine pay more than other countries (don't forget all costs are tax deductible!!) whereas those of us that need high priced drugs are probably better off than other countires.
If you have a script for 75mg uncoated aspirin, which costs about €6 for 1 month's supply, does he tell you to get someone to pick up a bottle in the States for about $2 for six months supply?If I have a script for something that cost say €10, and its available OTC at say €7, the pharmacist will always tell me and says that it'd be cheaper not to use the Prescription.
If you have a script for 75mg uncoated aspirin, which costs about €6 for 1 month's supply, does he tell you to get someone to pick up a bottle in the States for about $2 for six months supply?
But you do know of someone in your circle of family and friends travelling over the next six months?No, because I dont get to travel to America every week
If you have a script for 75mg uncoated aspirin, which costs about €6 for 1 month's supply, does he tell you to get someone to pick up a bottle in the States for about $2 for six months supply?
Hi,
I've just read the Irish Pharmaceutical Unions threat of job losses in pharmacies.
If it werent for the restrictions, then every supermarket would have a pharmacy counter maned by PAYE pharmacists dispensing medicines at a fraction of the cost of standalone pharmacies. PAYE pharmacists would probably be paid the going rate for a professional with a degree which would be above the average wage, but not as much as the 100,000s or even 1,000,000s that can be made in the current monopoly.
But you do know of someone in your circle of family and friends travelling over the next six months?
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