There is alot of talk at the moment about the actual cost of the drugs we are taking and for most people lucky enough to be on the DPS, it is a fact we often do not consider. We as a family are on the DPS and we are interrested in knowing the cost of individual drugs (varies from 4-6 prescriptions per month), however, the chemsit just prints the name of the drugs and the just the combined total owed under the DPS scheme, therefore once the max of e100 is paid the drug cost will show as zero! I have questioned the chemist about a breakdown of the actual cost if we were not using the DPS, but it appears they consider this a complication.
I have a few queries for the forum. Is it standard for DPS customers not to be aware of the actual cost of the Drugs they are prescribed? Could it be possible that drugs are priced differently at the chemsit for a customer on the DPS? Are drugs standard price in every chemsit or is it worth pricing around?