Pharmacist, how good a customer am I?

[silverthorn2151]

I have just come back from one of my regular trips to our local pharmacy to drop off my prescription. Every couple of months it's a big one, related to diabetes and currently a hip and a knee problem.

Now I get free prescriptions because of the diabetes but today my prescription was for over 1000 tablets. I have boxes of them!Am I right in thinking that the pharmacist gets paid the list price of the drugs he is supplying, or do the NHS or someone supply him with all he needs and as he dispenses it's a fixed amount per prescription?

I have tried to find out, to no avail, but I'm certain one of my chums on here will know.

One of the drugs I take I found discounted on line at 92p each, and I have 182 of them......for instance.

[silverthorn2151]

I'm not what there is in my OP that suggests free prescriptions should be means tested. It's a question that Farmer has answered very wel for me.

So thanks very much Farmer Palmer.

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[silverthorn2151]

Fort Jefferson said:

zip929 said:

pete a said:

I think this illustrates that free prescriptions should be means tested.

With regards to Diabetes it is policy to administer the necessary drugs free of charge rather than let people forego the drugs due to costs.

Why just for diabetes though? I have chronic heart disease for which I must take drugs. But I have to pay.

Equally I have a very close friend with MS who has to pay. She gets a season ticket but even so it does seem a little unjust, in my favour.

[silverthorn2151]

I do, yes. The system allows you one a week if the Diabetes drugs and blood sugar levels cause an issue in the gentlemens region.

Whilst its straying off topic I found Viagra ok, but it came with a dramatic blue echo in my vision and from time to time a real headache. Take them with 2 ibuprofen seems to be the way. I have tried Cialis and Levitra, but they aren't so good. I am now experimenting with my gp at a very low dose of Cialis every day.