Health care in Portugal

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steve
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Post by steve »

Richard&Babs Sorry but I don't know the price of the specific drugs you mention. If it is any use as a guide my current blood pressure tablets (two types) cost 91 euros a month but with the Cartao do Utente this is reduced to 29. Previously I was on two different tablets and these cost 70 reduced to 28. For a while I took statins and these cost 61 reduced to 37 but this might have been for more than a month's supply.

I recently had to buy a course of antibiotics (8 days) and this cost 32 reduced to 11. With cough syrup and some prescription drug to help breathing at night the total was 26 euros.

Hopefully this will give you some idea of cost. Overall last year my personal expenditure on medicines was a bit over 800 euros.It all mounts up!
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