Pharmacy in Alsancak - Antibiotics Pricing

debdebs


Joined: 22/05/2008
Posts: 285

Message Posted:
09/09/2009 19:27

just got some antibiotics today from the pharmacy opposite chicken run in Alsancak, they cost me 40.66tl...when I got home I noticed there was another price underneath the sticker and it was 28.59tl...what a cheek!!!

everon


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
09/09/2009 19:32

Take them back and complain, they are not allowed to do that

PierMan


Joined: 28/06/2009
Posts: 172

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 00:34

Don't know much about antibiotics, I know there are lots of different names, but don't know what specific ailments they treat. Last week I bought 21 x 500mg amoxycillin for 5.56TL, so 40TL sounds very expensive.......

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 01:01

Debdebs - sounds to me like you were absolutely robbed. Having said that, PierMan - sounds as though you had a right result. Deb - how many did you get for your money?



Chris - I am only a medical sec. As a nurse, what sort of quantity can you expect to get on an NHS script. and at what dosage for the standard charge. PierMans purchase seemed very good value, as far as I am concerned???



J

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 01:46

what were they for be careful here xx

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 08:03

Message 4.

Jeannie It depends on the dose, the type and how long you take the antibiotic for. Also depends on the nature of the infection that is being treated.

For example in the UK we would treat an ear infection with Penicillin 500mg every 6 hours for an adult. To buy a pack over the counter (which you can't in the UK) but the price anyway is around £2 for a pack of 28 and that would be the standard for 7 days.

Sorry without specifics i can't tell you if the 40 tl debdebs paid was good value or not.

Pierman

What you paid for amoxicillin was a brilliant price they retail in the UK at £7.50 if it is the 500mg capsules that you have the 250 mg tabs are a lot cheaper at around £1.80.

Chris

debdebs


Joined: 22/05/2008
Posts: 285

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 09:00

the antibiotics in question are Enfexia 500mg for 10 tablets...they were prescribed by the doctor

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 11:00

debdebs never heard of that one before is there another name on the box either under that one or in one of the corners.

Chris

Cyprusraider


Joined: 08/04/2009
Posts: 99

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 11:05

This is always the case with medecines purchased in TRNC. When I first noticed (Some years ago) i too was slightly miffed. BUT have now come to ignore it since the price seems to be standardised throughout TRNC chemists.



So rather than go off the deep end , go back to your chemist and ask, pleasantly, for an explanation. OR go to another chemist and ask how much they charge.

essexgirl


Joined: 01/04/2009
Posts: 87

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 11:42

Penacillin is always the cheapest antibiotic by far and pretty effective too... thats why doctors in the uk normally prescribe that one first, as long as you aren't alergic to it.

If penacillin doesn't seem to be working, they often do a blood test to ascertain what the infection is and which other (*more expensive!) anti-biotic would be more effective.

I am allergic to penacillin and often ask for Ciproxin which is effective for many respitatory and other , eg water infections -but costs a fortune to prescribe !!!

roisin


Joined: 19/03/2009
Posts: 358

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 12:33

I had the same antibiotics as debdebs from the pharmacy near the Ezic on the main road. Also cost 40.66 but this was a printed yellow label and nothing underneath it. Still think they were expensive though. Next time if I need them I'll ask for the Turkish name - sefuroksim aksetil. sefalosporin 500mg

LadyM


Joined: 07/09/2009
Posts: 9

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 16:19

Your tablets are otherwise known as Cefuroxime and is in a group of drugs called cephalosporin pronounced (sef a low spor in). An effective drug for bacterial infections if taken as prescribed.

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 17:57

The price of all, what you would know as "Prescription" medicines in the TRNC is controlled by Turkey. The price can change on a weekly or normally monthly basis but are all listed in the chemists leaflets produced by the government. All prices should be the same - give or take the odd Kurus - for the same medication anywhere in the TRNC on a given day.

Expect to see multiple lables of different costs on boxes, it is a normal thing but they should be a yellow label.



My own medication for high blood pressure can vary up to 6 TL in price throughout the year - I doubt you have been "seen off" but a check with any other chemist will ease your mind.

scruff


Joined: 15/07/2008
Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 18:07

Almost certainly, the cheaper price underneath was the price in mainland Turkey where drugs are much cheaper than in the TRNC. The yellow label price is correct for here.

MickyFinn


Joined: 30/06/2009
Posts: 102

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 18:50

I had to have Enfexia antibiotics which were also prescribed by a doctor. I cant remember exactly how much they were but I remember thinking how expensive they were compare to amoxycillin.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
10/09/2009 23:39

Scruff had it right the price difference is down to import taxes.