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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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June1952
Member
4 years ago
I think it is all the name brand medications these days as one of my drugs (non BC related) has a $10 extra charge.

I was told the doctors are no longer allowed to put the brand name on the prescriptions, they have to write the main ingredient only.