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Cost of drugs are about to rise by 50%.

Posted: Sun 08 Apr 2012 12:42 pm
by solic200
The cost of drugs are about to rise by 50% in the next week or so I was told by my chemist yesterday, especially drugs for heart problems ie high blood pressure.
The cost for instance of Beloc beta blockers was 12tl, but they went up to 24tl about 3 months ago, but they are set to rise again to around 50tl which my chemist was most upset about.

Re: Cost of drugs are about to rise by 50%.

Posted: Sun 08 Apr 2012 4:19 pm
by LooseBoots
Silly question I know, but what is the reason for this increase?

Re: Cost of drugs are about to rise by 50%.

Posted: Mon 09 Apr 2012 6:23 am
by crowsnest
wow that's a big jump

Re: Cost of drugs are about to rise by 50%.

Posted: Mon 09 Apr 2012 11:19 am
by frontalman
That's a 100% increase

Re: Cost of drugs are about to rise by 50%.

Posted: Mon 09 Apr 2012 11:54 am
by blackbird
Thank god they are free here in Wales.....

Re: Cost of drugs are about to rise by 50%.

Posted: Fri 13 Apr 2012 3:49 pm
by timefore
checked with our pharmacist yesterday - he knows nothing about any increases - and he's pretty 'gened up' on these things