Posted by tensor on September 25, 2006, at 6:50:59
In reply to Re: Moikka! :o) » tensor, posted by Meri-Tuuli on September 25, 2006, at 5:46:46
> Sorry to be a pain (asking you all these questions!)
you're not a pain :-)
but is there a 'set fee' for the prescriptions? Like in the UK we only pay about £6.50 for each script of medication the pharmacy give us. Is this the same here in Finland? Or does the cost of medication vary? And will KELA pay anything towards the cost? And if so, how expensive is pyschiatric medication??
Never heard of a set fee. At the pharmacy you pay what the drugs cost, older drugs are cheap, newer ones can be pretty expensive. However, FPA/KELA cover alot of the costs, you need to get the FPA/KELA card and show it to the pharmacist. I'm not really sure about cover rates, because the only thing i do is handing over the prescriptions and reciepts to the insurance company, who compensate 100%. You can find information at http://www.kela.fi/in/internet/suomi.nsf?Open
>Hence your friend talking about it all the time...most people go 'hmmm....rocks.....yeah' and then talk to someone else!!!!!!LOL, kind of true, but when he's drunk and he is telling you a story you've heard twenty times, it gets a bit boring. He really likes his job, that's for sure.
BTW, have you tried lyrica? What dose? (I need to bring up some medical stuff so we won't be directed to the social board) LOL!
Kind regards,
Mattias
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