Re: £7.65 now for a prescription?!
The annoying thing is, if you look up most of the commonly prescribed drugs in the BNF the ones you're likely to get cost a couple of pounds at most - yet you still have to pay the full amount.
I'd be much happier if it was a cap of £7.65 rather than free prescriptions, that way when I need a POM that only costs £2.00 then that's all I have to pay. |
Re: £7.65 now for a prescription?!
The money they spend on drug testing is eye-watering too. I've been on 8 medical research courses over the years and on each session I've been paid anything from £400 to £3500. Bear in mind on each course there were 30-40 people taking part and were done in phases so the same thing (with different people) was done 7 or 8 times. So to pay all of use and still make a profit, the NHS would have been spending a lot.
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Aren't people with various health conditions barred from doing this on safety grounds? |
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Notwithstanding the amount of investment, research, development, testing et al. The profits made by pharmaceutical companies are huge. Surely they could find it in their hearts to reduce their margins by a fraction to enable vital medication for the most vulnerable. Oh no, I woke up. Shame they won't.
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They usually only want healthy people but some ailments are permitted. But those without health issues will find themselves invited on to more studies. |
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I can't believe this!
So! the doctor is gradually taking me off my current tablets by reducing the milligrams in the medication, 1 week of 45MG 1 week is 30MG, 1 week of 15MG then the new ones in week 4!, £23 it is! luckily this is just for 1 month, i wouldn't mind but i already have a months supply of 45MG!. |
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They cannot claim the cost of a prescription being an issue when one injection treatment a colleague needs every 3 weeks costs £1,500 but she gets this for free. This is a new treatment needed by a tiny minority of people with extreme allergic sensitivity. |
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