Posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 5, 2006, at 5:44:49 [reposted on August 8, 2006, at 10:06:52 | original URL]
In reply to Re: cost of drugs » kylenn, posted by Phillipa on August 4, 2006, at 23:06:40
Well, I know us Brits moan about the NHS, but well, at least its there for *everybody* to use, regardless of income. Totally free healthcare - I thought it was a basic human right, now I understand how lucky we are to have it here in the UK! And we only pay around $9 per whatever script we need, including, for example, wellbutrin, provigil etc. So your scripts would have cost about $18 here in the UK! Incredible to think that it would be over $700 in the US!
It must be horrible to have to worry about having enough cash to buy your medicines... or even just about having some diease! I couldn't imagine it, it must be weird...what do people do who, for example, suddenly discover they have breast cancer? Would they just go untreated if they didn't have any cash/insurance? That seems really morally wrong to me somehow. But then, I guess I've been bought up on the NHS/free European heatlhcare, so its just different I suppose.
Then again, we pay alot more than you US folks in tax. And good luck trying to convince a UK doc you need provigil.... not that I've tried, but I asume you won't have much luck unless you lie through to the teeth about your chronic night shift work.
BTW also note that wellbutrin is also called zyban and is used as a aid to quitting smoking. So zyban might be cheaper on some of those pharmacies...I don't know.
Wow. To be honest, although I know we do grumble about the NHS alot here, particulary us mental health users, I am really glad we have it in place.
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