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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...
I think I'll be going back onto the 'good oil' .... my hands and shoulders are particularly sore just now, since I stopped taking it - and at the same time I swapped from Arimidex to Anastrozole.
I found this on the PBS site - where it TELLS you that the additional charge is on the Arimidex (and not on the generics) ..... so if any chemist charges $5 extra on ANY prescription meds ..... whack it in here & see if it is 'legit'!!
https://www.pbs.gov.au/medicine/item/8179L?fbclid=IwAR0sSeMZu_BvsKgAuPZnWDEuaok2aimM6qLcbviBjmhADVucEl0ayTu4Bio
I found this on the PBS site - where it TELLS you that the additional charge is on the Arimidex (and not on the generics) ..... so if any chemist charges $5 extra on ANY prescription meds ..... whack it in here & see if it is 'legit'!!
https://www.pbs.gov.au/medicine/item/8179L?fbclid=IwAR0sSeMZu_BvsKgAuPZnWDEuaok2aimM6qLcbviBjmhADVucEl0ayTu4Bio