Healthcare costs - not insurance How much is paracetamol in your chemist ?

Probably not, I think I will save maybe a tenner a year in the future by not buying paracetamol in my local pharmacy.
But when that same principle of looking for the best value is applied to all purchases, the amount saved will probably be thousands annually.
 
odyssey06 said:
It is not just paracetamol though. It is the price of almost all OTC medicines, including things like allergy tablets, indigestion remedies, cold sore creams.

Think of paracetamol as the equivalent of the Big Mac index.
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Very good point - a lot of people get eye drops, antihistamines, etc. over the counter.

I'd suggest the Brufen Barometer or the Gaviscon Gauge
 
Dr Strangelove said:
The differential with UK is very stark for pharmaceuticals compared to any other product though and has been since I’ve been paying attention (about 20 years).

I’ve never seen a good reason why.
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Healthcare costs - not insurance - High cost of drugs in Ireland.

The Missus and I are just back from our annual holiday in the Algarve. While there, we filled 12 months' of our prescriptions; prescriptions that would have cost about €840 in Ireland, but cost only €280 in Portugal. So our saving was in the region of €560. And allowing for the 20% tax...
www.askaboutmoney.com
 
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