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Two strengths of paracetamol among latest April price concessions

by Valeria Fiore

24/04/2020

4 comments

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The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Assembly for Wales have agreed on concessionary prices for the following 18 items for April 2020 prescriptions.

An initial 11 price concessions were announced on April 15. A further 20 items were added to the list last week (April 17).

Drug

Strength

Form

Price

Aspirin

75mg

gastro-resistant tablets (28)

£1.35

Azathioprine

25mg

tablets (28)

£5.99

Clarithromycin

125mg/5ml

oral suspension (70ml)

£4.36

Clarithromycin

250mg/5ml

oral suspension (70ml)

£7.10

Esomeprazole

20mg

gastro-resistant capsules (28)

£2.90

Esomeprazole

40mg

gastro-resistant capsules (28)

£2.95

Ezetimibe

10mg

tablets (28)

£3.39

Irbesartan

150mg

tablets (28)

£5.60

Irbesartan

300mg

tablets (28)

£5.27

Isosorbide mononitrate

20mg

tablets (56)

£1.60

Montelukast

10mg

tablets (28)

£3.63

Naftidrofuryl

100mg

capsules (84)

£6.99

Olmesartan medoxomil

10mg

tablets (28)

£2.27

Paracetamol

500mg

capsules (32)

£1.23

Paracetamol

500mg

capsules (100)

£3.85

Paracetamol

120mg/5ml

oral suspension paediatric sugar free (100ml)

£1.59

Quinine bisulfate

300mg

tablets (28)

£6.34

Trimethoprim

50mg/5ml

oral suspension sugar free (100ml)

£5.10

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4 Comments

Question:

Do these prices reflect what you've paid so far this month?

Boom Shakalaka, Locum pharmacist

Posted on Sun, 26/04/2020 - 16:35

I very rarely see the capsule formulation on Rx - pointless concession.
By the way the tablet formulation, prescribed in their millions, and hiked up in price by the wholesalers - guess what? NO CONCESSION!!

O J, Community pharmacist

Posted on Fri, 24/04/2020 - 17:25

Oliver....its your job to look after the clinically depressed.

N O, Pharmaceutical Adviser

Posted on Fri, 24/04/2020 - 15:50

May be because, it was available at the DT price for couple of days in the beginning of the month from one supplier, before it went out of stock again??