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Clexane and the PBS


My father was given 120mg syringes of Clexane in hospital. The same dose is available at the pharmacy, but is not on the PBS. However, doses of 20mg and 100mg are covered by PBS. So, instead of a single injection, he injects himself twice, and presumably the taxpayer pays more for this inconvenience. Does this make any sense to anyone?



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The whole PBS is totally out of kilter - I am in favour of generic medicines being the preferred supply owing to cost considerations - there are some medications that are not covered by PBS at all, particularly those that come in medical creams that many elderly rely on to get relief from skin conditions. I mean even haemorrhoid creams and suppositories no PBS applicable - a real pain in the arse.


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