Do you pay for your prescriptions?

[mrs.chappie]

I posted this earlier, but it appears to have disappeared into cyberspace, so .....

Do you pay for your prescriptions, or are you exempt from payment? A lot of folk are exempt, but I'm not, so I have bought a pre-paid yearly card. I pay just over ten quid a month and that covers everything.

A good deal when you consider it's over seven quid for one item!

[whifffey]

I don't have any prescriptions, most so-called illnesses are imaginary and cured by alcohol. I can get 5 packs of Bernard Matthews turkey for 7 quid.

[redcrx]

i pay for mine though i do admit to rushing through a prescription early so that i got it before my maternity exemption ran out :)

i dont get enough for the yearly fee to benefit me but still spend a lot of money on them :(

made me laugh when i overheard someone trying to get a discount one day at the pharmacy, she was told she would benefit from the yearly payment and then asked if she could have a discount for cash pmsl

[sn�gs]

I don't pay... but then I'm never ill...

I'm saving up any medical conditions for one final 'blow out' in old age...

[sqad617]

redcrx....LOL....if you don't ask............!!!

I am cr@p at getting discounts, but I have a mate who ALWAYS gets them.

[whifffey]

Why is nobody LOLing at my answer? LOL is mandatory on a sqad thread.

[sqad617]

whiffey.......bloody fantastic......LOL

[funnygirl]

My hubby doesn't pay as he has diabetes.

Apparently if you're diabetic you get free prescriptions.

[daffy654]

I don't pay for my prescriptions thankfully,with the amount of stuff I have to get monthly for my illness it would cost me around �40.00 each time.I would get a pre-payment certificate in that situation for definite though!
I was told by a pharmacist that in many situations it would be cheaper for folks to buy the medicines outright (if they could) as they cost nowhere near the prescription charge.

[dot.haukes]

I don't pay either as i have an underactive thyroid and have to take daily medication and so i am exempt from prescription charges on a medical exemption certificate,

[Jan1957]

How come I still have to pay then. I am on Incapacity Benefit and Disability Living Allowance. I am on medication for high blood pressure and depression and take prescription painkillers but I still have to pay. If I was on Jobseekers Allowance I wouldn't have to. It doesn't make sense?

[mrs.chappie]

My husband doesn't pay either, funny, because of diabetes.

Hey daffy, I didn't know that. I thought you got them at a lot less than they actually cost.

Here ya go whiffs, and sqad ....... LOL LOL

Dot, are there any outward signs that you have an underactive thyroid?

Red, wish I was a bit more outspoken re discounts. My sis is embarrassing - she'll argue about anything, if she thinks she might get it a bit cheaper.

[redcrx]

oh i will often try for a discount if buying from a store, independant stores are best, but not a prescription lol

[daffy654]

Qualification for free prescriptions based on illness depends on whether the illness is life threatening and will/could result in sudden death without the medication.Depression meds and painkillers don't count.I have no idea about blood pressure meds though as maybe the condition can be controlled with diet changes or something.

[mrs.chappie]

Sorry snags, missed you there ....

I don't feel ill as such ....... Just high blood pressure, high cholesterol ..... unseen problems I suppose.

And I have a nasal spray for a breathing problem. Although I don't reckon it does a lot of good.

[:o(

[dot.haukes]

Mrs Chappie it isn't a disease that just appears, it creeps up on you symptoms wise over a long period and when you feel you can't get up cos you are so tired and when your back aches 24/7 and you just want to sleep all day, but you're only 27 years old, that's when you should get tested.
i was actually advised to have the test after my younger sister was diagnosed with Lupus. over the years i have learnt that some of the symptoms are weight fluctuation, dry skin on the feet, aching limbs. but the medication stabalising most things i think.

[daffy654]

Did you know that asthmatics don't automatically qualify for free prescriptions? If ever there was a condition that could result in sudden death without treatment then asthma is it!(or at least one of them)

[Jan1957]

Perhaps I'll have a word with my GP daffy as nothing has worked with my blood pressure. Been on tablets for 8 years now and GP expects to be for rest of life. Took a while to get the right medication sorted out but if I stop my blood pressure soars.

[noway2]

Jan,can you not apply for a medical card.

[daffy654]

I would definitely speak to your GP then jan,you never know if you qualify for free prescriptions unless you ask. :)

[dot.haukes]

It would take along time for my underactive thyroid to be life threatening i think, but it is one of only a handful of conditions that qualifies for free meds, i think it is to do with having to take the medication all my life and there is no cure or op available i guess