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Mon 07 Jul 2009Head to the Med for cheaper meds
SOUNDING OFF:Still more on the price of medicines. A reader called Tom got in touch with a story about remarkable price differentials between a very common medication in the Republic and in Spain. He uses a drug called Omeprazol to relieve the symptoms of reflux and will need to take it every day for the rest of his life. He was initially prescribed with Losec – a popular branded name for Omeprazol.
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