Nodalmighty Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I don't care what anyone says, the NHS has always looked after me very well (non of this post code lottery crap) and to prove my point see if you can guess how much these pills cost: http://www.nod-land.co.uk/assets/images/pills.jpg All the boxes contain 28 pills (or a months course) I will have been on the Glivec for 36 months by the time my treatment ends. Lyndon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Lansoprazole are no good mate for your body , try optibac bowel calm and pearls probiotic they are much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I agree with you. But to guess the cost I would have to cheat and Google it, so I won't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Lansoprazole are no good mate for your body , try optibac bowel calm and pearls probiotic they are much better. Dr Jazz...shut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalmighty Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Lansoprazole are no good mate for your body , try optibac bowel calm and pearls probiotic they are much better. Mate. after the chemo drugs I've had shoved into my body Lansoprazole is a drop in the ocean Lyndon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I reckon around £20-25 a tablet... My mum has a serious rare type of pneumonia once and the tablets were like £15 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalmighty Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 I reckon around £20-25 a tablet... My mum has a serious rare type of pneumonia once and the tablets were like £15 each. Your not even in the ball park chap, those 2 boxes of Glivec could buy a TT Auto in reasonable nick Lyndon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Will be the £7.80 figure like all pills prescribed unless your an OAP or Student when there free... Good that the NHS works out well for you mate, can't say I agree to much.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Your not even in the ball park chap, those 2 boxes of Glivec could buy a TT Auto in reasonable nick Lyndon. Sheesh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalmighty Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Will be the £7.80 figure like all pills prescribed unless your an OAP or Student when there free... Good that the NHS works out well for you mate, can't say I agree to much.. They are free to me too, not sure why although I'm diabetic too which gives me a free prescription card. Lyndon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Your not even in the ball park chap, those 2 boxes of Glivec could buy a TT Auto in reasonable nick Lyndon. It's what you've been paying into the system for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Will be the £7.80 figure like all pills prescribed unless your an OAP or Student when there free... Good that the NHS works out well for you mate, can't say I agree to much.. That may change in a heartbeat if it was you or your wife who was dying or in a very very bad way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDavidson Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 you guys have to pay for prescription drugs? that sucks, we get them for free regardless of circumstance :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 That may change in a heartbeat if it was you or your wife who was dying or in a very very bad way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I agree with Lyndon 100%. I dread to think what my weekly concoction of meds would cost and as for the treatment and scans etc, well, that has been first rate too. This week alone I will have / had the following: Monday - Diabetic clinic Tuesday - Physio Wednesday - Radiotherapy Thursday - MRI scan Friday - Bone scan Can you imagine what the cost of that lot comes to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Upon creation of the NHS, Aneurin Bevan (The Minister for Health when the NHS was created in 1948) was quoted as saying; "We now have the moral leadership of the world". And for good reason. Expensive Hospital bills bankrupt families in the US and many other parts of the world. For all the good it does though, it is also deeply flawed. I don't see how the NHS can be sustainable in its current form in long term, given; - the increase in treatment costs as methods advance - our ageing population - our population must be approaching its saturation point. Therefore, as the increase in population begins to tail off, huge increases in NHS contributions per person will be required. It is already costing us almost 10% of our GDP! Around 3 times what we spend on defence! (not that I disagree with the current appropriation of GDP, but imagine how much it costs to run an army, navy, airforce and various smaller branches, and x3 that!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 That may change in a heartbeat if it was you or your wife who was dying or in a very very bad way Maybe so. But I have an illness..There has been good and bad times with the NHS, but I have been in a negative mood this evening, so to be realisable I guess more good than bad moments. I wont go much further with this discussion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I have to take my hat off to the NHS. Nearly lost my old man a few weeks ago, without a doubt they saved his life in A&E then had a nurse with him 24 hours a day for 4 days. He is nearly back to normal now. Added to the fact my son has ASD and the care and help that opened up is staggering. Children and those with lifethreating illness (in my experance) have always been treated very well. Failing that i pay for private health care just incase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 The NHS is great at handling emergency and critical illness, imo. When Carmel contracted Typhoid and became critically ill, she had the best treatment available, sadly the 3 week period leading up to becoming critically ill was terrible with endless fob offs. When I came back from working in Sudan with a rare infection in a wound, again the treatment I received was second to none as is the treatment my colleagues son in law is receiving now after being diagnosed with mutliple brain tumas. I believe this side of the health service to be brilliant and we are priviledged and should be proud that our system offers this level of care and cover. However, the level of service for ongoing illnesses and lesser serious stuff from local GPs and clinics seems to be failing some. I speak from recent experience with the treatment my elderly mother is receiving currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalmighty Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 Just to put you out of your misery £4000, so about £78 a pill. Lyndon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Last count my missus was at 60,000 for her cancer treatment with BUPA, worth every penny if it keeps you loved one at your side, blimey I hope she don't read that or she will thing I have gone soft !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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