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arpie
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4 years ago

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...
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arpie
Member
4 years ago
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?