At 14:41 31/12/2008, you wrote:
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>According to EMIS, 1000 tablets of Thyroxine 100mcg is =A314.74 and 28 tabs
>are =A31.22
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>People on Thyroxine stay on it for all their lives, mostly.
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>According to our prescribing advisers cost is reduced by reducing waste by
>prescribing in 28 day quantities.
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>I've commented on this previously, it does seem clear there is something
>badly disconnected in the arithmetic of NHS finances.
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>Oh.
>
>Ah well.
Plus pharmacy costs (to NHS or to pharmacy itself), + prescriber
costs (whoever that is).
But what is true for thyroxine is not true for eg. Growth Hormone....
gosh, it requires that people use some common sense!!!
Uno Hu
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