ppiper

Today I paid the full £ 6.50 charge for a Mouthwash prescribed by my
GP.
Neither GP or Pharmacist pointed out that I could buy it over the
counter for £3.50. I discovered this later.

Am I justified in complaining ?
Are there any guidelines for GPs / Pharms ?

Angry of Sevenoaks, UK

cas

"ppiper" <pel422@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Today I paid the full £ 6.50 charge for a Mouthwash prescribed by my
GP.
Neither GP or Pharmacist pointed out that I could buy it over the
counter for £3.50. I discovered this later.

Am I justified in complaining ?
Are there any guidelines for GPs / Pharms ?

Angry of Sevenoaks, UK

That's scandalous, typical of the so called profession! you could have
brought it from you local dentist without a prescription for £ 3.0. I saw
some there yesterday.The same rip off happens when medication is taken off
prescription ,they re package it and charge high prices for instance
paraceatmol...ibroprophen... enteric coated aspirin 0.75 mgs for heart
conditions.I would recommend that you buy these medications at the local
supermarket, without the fancy packaging there just as good. You can also
get things like cod liver oil capsules 1000mg x 60 for about £2.0 instead of
£ 6.0 or more at the chemist.You are justified in complaining ,best thing to
do is to write to the local newspaper to warn others ,then perhaps the
pharmacy's will look after the patients in a more honest way ...cas

RWP

You went to the doctor to get something you could have bought over the
counter for £3...probably Corsodyl or something similar.

The £6.50 is just a contribution to the cost of your treatment, it does not
have any relation to what you were prescribed. Sure, sometimes things are
cheaper than £6.50, but most often they aren't. The pharmacist doesn't keep
any of the £6.50, it just gets taken from his remuneration each month. In
all the trip to the Gp, his time, the pharmacists time, etc. will cost way
more than £6.50.

It's £3 though, hardly worth worrying about If you are still worried let
me know and I will post you six shiny 50 pence pieces. Take Cas's advice
only if you want to take the advice of a person who is a stranger to the
proper use of an apostrophe!

Next time try asking the pharmacist first, he would have probably sold you
the Corosdyl anyway.










>
> "ppiper" <pel422@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1118868469.117689.58640@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com...
> Today I paid the full £ 6.50 charge for a Mouthwash prescribed by my
> GP.
> Neither GP or Pharmacist pointed out that I could buy it over the
> counter for £3.50. I discovered this later.
>
> Am I justified in complaining ?
> Are there any guidelines for GPs / Pharms ?
>
> Angry of Sevenoaks, UK
>
> That's scandalous, typical of the so called profession! you could have
> brought it from you local dentist without a prescription for £ 3.0. I
> saw some there yesterday.The same rip off happens when medication is taken
> off prescription ,they re package it and charge high prices for instance
> paraceatmol...ibroprophen... enteric coated aspirin 0.75 mgs for heart
> conditions.I would recommend that you buy these medications at the local
> supermarket, without the fancy packaging there just as good. You can also
> get things like cod liver oil capsules 1000mg x 60 for about £2.0 instead
> of £ 6.0 or more at the chemist.You are justified in complaining ,best
> thing to do is to write to the local newspaper to warn others ,then
> perhaps the pharmacy's will look after the patients in a more honest way
> ...cas
>