Cost of tablets - Dr Sarah Mackie

Perhaps should have said before - an Indian company bought the company in October - and promptly increased the price of various drugs, I don't THINK it is just pred. Not wishing to get political - but this is the sort of international market that will be the probably result of Brexit. Foreign companies will be buying the UK family silver - and leaving the diners eating with their fingers...

Thanks Eileen  - and why should I be surprised at these antics - where $$ can be made.

What also gets me is the way some direct marketers of pharmaceuticals 'like' to throw in a few Viagra tabs for 'good measure' - pardon the pun !! 

You'll never believe this Eileen, but D and I laughed and actually cheered when the result of the referendum came through.  At last a government that 'listened' to their voters.  What is being a democracy all about?

It will no doubt be a very difficult time for us personally if/when Brexit happens, but we feel a lot of people voted for selfish reasons.

Not good news for the UK I fear.  I haven't seen anything comparable in Australia as yet - at least in terms of costs to govt of subsidisation for our Pharamceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) list which keeps Pred at a reasonable cost for consumers and concessional card holders. 

And yes Brexit and all its intended and unintended consequences are yet to play out in a global context and no doubt there will be many .....

Hope your weather has improved (thinking of those apricots) which we also grow in our west OZ orchard !

 

The whole point of generics is that they should be cheaper than brand. This sort of action just reverses history. 

Of course - it makes something like Lodotra and enteric coated look relatively cheap...

A lot of people voted on the basis of alternative facts presented to them - that immigration would stop, that the money could be spent on the NHS, etc etc. Some were proved to be the lies they were on the first day post referendum. Now the rest is slowly coming home to roost - as prices rise because of the exchange rate and holidays cost more. And ironically, the people who voted out are likely to be affected more than average. But you can't cure stupid. They say that pensioners are more likely to vote Tory this time - and they have a lot to lose under the Tories who are already talking about removing the lock on pensions that makes them rise and changing tax.

Eileen please stop being so political,,,,this is not good for my stress levels.  I live in the Uk and voted to leave and I am NOT stupid!!!!!!!

I thought the "you can't cure stupid" would get some response!  I don't feel particularly stupid (or not more than usual)!!  Each to his/her own!😀

I don't understand why your stress levels are high.

Nobody said you were you in particular were, you exercised your democratic right and I would defend you to the last to have a differecne of opinion.

The people who never wanted to join all and hated being part of the project for all the following years, never let it go and went on and on about leaving the EU were never ever stopped from expressing their views.  They finally got their wish.  That does not mean that the people who voted remain have no right to express their opinion..  Unless included in the Referendum was a clause that said  - which ever side loses, the others have to shut up.

As far as I am aware we do still in live a democracy.  Or did I miss a 'fact' and we voted to leave and and have a dictator ship?

This if the very first time in 9 years of using this site that I would be responding on a question which relates to democracy.  This is the first and last time.

 

I joined this site to hear the opinions of other people as to how I can deal with my illness not to be lectured on bering stupid for wanting to leave the EU

I'm sorry - I'd had a bad week, I was in a bad temper, it wasn't what I meant to say but that is what came out because I missed something out. I apologise unreservrdly.

Apology accepted.  i probably reacted more forcibly than i might otherwise have done because I have a lot of other worries with my husband being very ill as well as trying to cope with my own problems.   

Goes with the territory of the age we are when we get PMR I suppose. This year seems to have been just one hospital appointment after another and we are nowhere near finished yet! Two of them are biopsies for my husband - and however positive the consultant is, there is always a "what if?" at the back of your mind isn't there?

I do hope your husband improves very quickly.

All the best for the stuff you are both going through Eileen and May - it is tough enough just dealing with our OWN illnesses let alone those which impact the people we love. 

All good wishes 

Rimmy

 

Thanks. 

My husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer end of Dec'16.  When doing further tests he was found to have an impairment of his heart and an irregular heartbeat.....this was all news to us.  Lots more tests and seeing a second surgeon on Friday

Thank you for your good wishes.

Oh May - I'm so sorry. I do hope the surgeon can offer some option for you. Is he already on chemo?