Rise in Price of Prescription Tablets

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Post by Charlotte55 »

Has anyone else found an increase in the price of vital prescription tablets ?
Yesterday I paid almost double for tablets that I last bought in November for 85.38TL
Yesterday 158.45TL
I did query and was told that is the only ones we have now.
I know with the exchange rate etc., and price of prescriptions in UK etc., taken into account its not so bad, but
its just seems a bit of a steep rise? When I first came here many years ago I thought that a lot of vital medication was kept at a lower cost
for help for the people I am just so grateful I can afford it., for now anyway.!
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Post by EnjoyingTheSun »

Does the government take much of a bite out of the sales in tax?
If so I guess it might be them recouping a bit of tax.
With the economy how it is that's the way it is going to be unfortunately

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Post by karmels »

Change your chemist, shop around as they try to sell you the imported ones.
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. Confucius 551-479 BC

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Post by sophie »

Certainly Vets increased their charges by about 30% lately and pharmacist prescriptions roughly the same. They tell you that the Government determine the cost of prescriptions. If you received a modicum of indirim it's usually because you use the same place and they try to keep you happy and stay with them.

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Post by EnjoyingTheSun »

sophie wrote:
Sun 10 Jan 2021 2:57 pm
Certainly Vets increased their charges by about 30% lately and pharmacist prescriptions roughly the same. They tell you that the Government determine the cost of prescriptions. If you received a modicum of indirim it's usually because you use the same place and they try to keep you happy and stay with them.
I guess maybe the government taxes them or maybe subsidises them or maybe a mix of the two?
Either way the coffers must be getting pretty empty.
Personally I'd like to think they could put a book mark in some of the less urgent building projects but then I guess there's jobs involved there.

Drugs from the vet have really gone up but vet prices are still a fraction of what they are in England.

I'm not a member of the doom and gloom brigade but I can say with some certainty that the economic situation worldwide is going to get worse for a few years yet.

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Post by Deniz1 »

The government set the prices of medications and vets fees. My essential eye drops went from 70tl to 114 this week.

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Post by sophie »

Yes, Vets cost a fortune in UK but we're not there.

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