Thyroxine

[Yapp]

Hi,

Seeking some medical information if anyone can help please. I take thyroxine for a hypo-thyroid. In the UK it was prescribed free and while we have been in Malaysia, I can get it over the counter without a prescription. I suspect when we get to Adelaide it will be a prescribed drug again, but does anyone know if this will be covered by health insurance or medicare or will this be something I will have to pay for each time.

Many thanks
Carmen

[lippy]

Hi

You have to pay for the prescription here. The tablets come in 25, 50, 100 or 200 and you pay a prescription for each size - ie if you are on 175 then you would pay 3 prescription charges - 25+50+100! Prescriptions last approx 6 months.
Don't know if you can claim it back on health insurance though.

[Tyke]

Hi Carmen

Mrs Tyke is on 150 of Thyroxine and you do have to pay for it unfortunately.
I'm not sure on the medical insurance either.

I know there is a level at which your prescriptions become cheaper once you have spent so much.
We just miss out and the prescription total between us is fairly high.

[Mezza]

I know there is a level at which your prescriptions become cheaper once you have spent so much.
I think it's about $900/yr. Some private medical cover schemes will allow you to claim back some of the non-PBS prescription costs too.

[Yapp]

Thank you, it's nice to know what to expect. Can you tell me how much a prescription is please. I think I will bring some with me, at the moment I can buy 100 tablets in one pot. If I recall correctly, in the UK I could only get 28 tablets on one prescription, is that the same in Australia?

Thanks

[anniewo]

Thyroxine script is about $25.You get x 5 bottles of 200 tabs in a script.

[anniewo]

Thyroxine script is about $25.You get x 5 bottles of 200 tabs in a script.
Oops sorry,40 tabs in a bottle

[Yapp]

Thyroxine script is about $25.You get x 5 bottles of 200 tabs in a script.
Oops sorry,40 tabs in a bottle

Brilliant, thanks. So let me get this correct. For about $25, I will get 5 x 40 tablets, which will equal 200.

[anniewo]

Just checked the box,$28.29 for 200 Thyroxine 100 mcgs.