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Topic: SHOCKED
debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 01:51 PM
I went to the doctors today to get some nmore nebules for my nebuliser, and i asked if it was ok to use saline it the nebuliser to, and she said yes, so i said ill go to the chemist to buy some. i went in the chemist and for x 20 2.5ML NEBULES COST £38.00 THATS 75 DOLLARS. I WAS SHOCKED, HOW CAN 20 TINY PODS OF SALINE COST 75 DOLLARS. so i went back in the doctors and they gave me a script for them and got them a lot cheaper.

Cinderella75 Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 10049	Wed 07/30/08 01:53 PM
Yea cuz w/ prescription, your insurance will cover some of the cost.;)

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 01:54 PM
Yea cuz w/ prescription, your insurance will cover some of the cost.;) im in the uk, we dont have insurance

Kleisto Joined Tue 05/13/08 Posts: 5704	Wed 07/30/08 01:54 PM Edited by Kleisto on Wed 07/30/08 01:55 PM
It's their way of controlling people basically, they know we depend on the drugs, so they're gonna charge an arm and a leg for em, to suck us dry. It's all a big scam when you think about it, we don't even need some of these drugs they have on the market, but we've been made to think we do.

1956deluxe Joined Thu 12/06/07 Posts: 8559	Wed 07/30/08 01:55 PM
What does the L mean in L38? And don't you have one of these $$$ on your keyboard?

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 01:56 PM
Yea cuz w/ prescription, your insurance will cover some of the cost.;) im in the uk, we dont have insurance because im on a lot of meds i pay £100 a year about 200 dollars a year and my scripts cover that. a normal script here for one item is about £7.00, not sure what that is in dollars

PirateAlice Joined Wed 07/30/08 Posts: 53	Wed 07/30/08 01:57 PM
It's special nebuliser saline created specially for the nebuliser. You can't use these pods anywhere else... all that specialness costs money... or how else would the makers of the nebuliser and the saline make a profit?

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 01:58 PM
What does the L mean in L38? And don't you have one of these $$$ on your keyboard? what do you mean wheres the L?? i wrote ML thats the amount in the nebule. yes i have a $ but i wrote dollars, who cares, if your just going to critise me, then please stop

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 01:59 PM
It's special nebuliser saline created specially for the nebuliser. You can't use these pods anywhere else... all that specialness costs money... or how else would the makers of the nebuliser and the saline make a profit? yes it is a special one for nebulisers, i didnt know that. thats the reason then. but still its only saline and water, ill look in my bnf and see the cost the doctors buys it at, and what the patient cost is.

Cambolaya65 Joined Mon 09/03/07 Posts: 5587	Wed 07/30/08 02:00 PM
ummmm...my meds cost 4000$$ a month.

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 02:02 PM
WOW THE DOCTORS/PHARMACIST SPENDS £5.49 AND THE PATIENT PAYS £38.00 DO YOU WANT ME TO WORK THAT OUT IN $??

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 02:02 PM
ummmm...my meds cost 4000$$ a month. but this is just saline, thats why im shocked. you can buy a bottle of saline for 2 pound

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 02:03 PM
ummmm...my meds cost 4000$$ a month. i BUY A PRE-PAYMENT YOU PAY YEARLY FOR IT ABOUT 200 DOLLARS, IF I DIDNT BUY ONE OF THOSE I COULD NEVER AFFORD MY MEDS, IM ON A LOAD

Cambolaya65 Joined Mon 09/03/07 Posts: 5587	Wed 07/30/08 02:04 PM
could be yet another fuel related price....heavier things are costing more these days.

PirateAlice Joined Wed 07/30/08 Posts: 53	Wed 07/30/08 02:05 PM
Would you be able to make your own pods for the nebuliser? Perhaps they're building in the cost of the convenience of being able to get pre-made pods? I've used a nebuliser at my doctor's office, I'm just wondering how saline helps... is this nebuliser for asthma?

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 02:05 PM
It's their way of controlling people basically, they know we depend on the drugs, so they're gonna charge an arm and a leg for em, to suck us dry. It's all a big scam when you think about it, we don't even need some of these drugs they have on the market, but we've been made to think we do. YOUR RIGHT THERE, THEY HAVE PUT ME ON MEDS BEFORE AND THEY DID NOTHING, BUT THEY INSISTED I TAKE THEM, SO I GET THEM A CHUCK THEM AWAY. IM NOT TAKING A DRUG THAT DOES NOTHING FOR ME

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 02:09 PM
Would you be able to make your own pods for the nebuliser? Perhaps they're building in the cost of the convenience of being able to get pre-made pods? I've used a nebuliser at my doctor's office, I'm just wondering how saline helps... is this nebuliser for asthma? Yes i have asthma and its for my nebuliser.. I Have my own nebuliser, my asthma isnt controlled and i get it severe, im having 80 ml of ventolin nebules a day, ventolin and seretide inhaler, and uniphyllin and im still very bad. today ive got a appt to see the top respiritory doc very soon. putting the ventolin nebule in and a saline nebule in helps clear your chest better and the nebuliser lasts longer, therefore it helps me much more.

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 02:09 PM
could be yet another fuel related price....heavier things are costing more these days. yes your right there

PirateAlice Joined Wed 07/30/08 Posts: 53	Wed 07/30/08 02:11 PM
Would you be able to make your own pods for the nebuliser? Perhaps they're building in the cost of the convenience of being able to get pre-made pods? I've used a nebuliser at my doctor's office, I'm just wondering how saline helps... is this nebuliser for asthma? Yes i have asthma and its for my nebuliser.. I Have my own nebuliser, my asthma isnt controlled and i get it severe, im having 80 ml of ventolin nebules a day, ventolin and seretide inhaler, and uniphyllin and im still very bad. today ive got a appt to see the top respiritory doc very soon. putting the ventolin nebule in and a saline nebule in helps clear your chest better and the nebuliser lasts longer, therefore it helps me much more. Ah... OK, thanks for filling me in. I didn't realize saline could be helpful for asthma. I have asthma, but I've got a daily inhaler to help keep it in check. Works pretty well for me, until I catch a cold.

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Wed 07/30/08 02:15 PM
Would you be able to make your own pods for the nebuliser? Perhaps they're building in the cost of the convenience of being able to get pre-made pods? I've used a nebuliser at my doctor's office, I'm just wondering how saline helps... is this nebuliser for asthma? Yes i have asthma and its for my nebuliser.. I Have my own nebuliser, my asthma isnt controlled and i get it severe, im having 80 ml of ventolin nebules a day, ventolin and seretide inhaler, and uniphyllin and im still very bad. today ive got a appt to see the top respiritory doc very soon. putting the ventolin nebule in and a saline nebule in helps clear your chest better and the nebuliser lasts longer, therefore it helps me much more. Ah... OK, thanks for filling me in. I didn't realize saline could be helpful for asthma. I have asthma, but I've got a daily inhaler to help keep it in check. Works pretty well for me, until I catch a cold. i do about 12 puffs on my ventolin inhaler a day, and i use a steroid inhaler to, and unipyllin and massive doses of ventolin nebules, but i dont use the nebules all the time, ive got a chest infection at the moment thats why im massive doses. they have referred me to a resperitory doctor because my asthma isnt controlled and they fear i could die from a attack. people forget that asthma kills