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arpie
5 years agoMember
Arimidex brand now has a $5 surcharge on top of PBS fee!
I went to top up all our meds today and spotted that I’d been charged for 3 products, instead of two ... I queried the pharmacist and she looked and said .... “Looks like they’ve put a surcharge on i...
arpie
5 years agoMember
Good for you @Locksley ... I thought I was close .... but still haven’t hit it. Seems there are 2 limits - the medical one (Drs etc) and the Medicinal one (scripts) and I/we are close to reaching both.
Arimidex was always just the standard PBS fee $5.80 until 4 weeks ago x I’ve been using it for 3 years now. It is Anastrozole who has whacked on the fee, apparently! Maybe it is the favoured brand and they want to cash in on it?
Arimidex was always just the standard PBS fee $5.80 until 4 weeks ago x I’ve been using it for 3 years now. It is Anastrozole who has whacked on the fee, apparently! Maybe it is the favoured brand and they want to cash in on it?