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17 more added to December price concessions

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By Pb Staff writerDec 18, 2020
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The Department of Health and Social Care on Friday (December 18) included 17 drugs in its second price concessions list for December 2020.

DrugPack SizePrice Concession
Ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets10£3.30
Desmopressin 10micrograms/dose nasal spray60 dose£22.81
Docusate 12.5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free300ml£13.19
Docusate 50mg/5ml oral solution sugar free300ml£13.39
Docusate 100mg capsules30£3.20
Entacapone 200mg tablets30£8.12
Eplerenone 25mg tablets28£8.20
Eplerenone 50mg tablets28£7.79
Esomeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules28£3.01
Esomeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant tablets28£5.58
Lamotrigine 200mg tablets56£5.08
Olmesartan medoxomil 10mg tablets28£3.09
Olmesartan medoxomil 40mg tablets28£3.79
Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant tablets112£11.95
Sulfasalazine 500mg tablets112£7.20
Trimethoprim 100mg tablets28£2.07
Zonisamide 100mg capsules56£61.16

Previous drug price concessions list released for December 2020.

DrugPack SizePrice Concession
Ciprofloxacin 250mg tablets10£1.50
Duloxetine 20mg gastro-resistant capsules28£8.48
Duloxetine 30mg gastro-resistant capsules28£1.90
Duloxetine 40mg gastro-resistant capsules56£13.69
Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules28£3.99
Enalapril 10mg tablets28£5.50
Enalapril 20mg tablets28£9.63
Hydrocortisone 2.5% cream15g£44.00
Irbesartan 300mg / Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg tablets28£14.31
Lamotrigine 100mg tablets56£6.50
Lamotrigine 25mg tablets56£1.95
Lamotrigine 50mg tablets56£3.99
Moxonidine 200microgram tablets28£8.52
Moxonidine 300microgram tablets28£8.22
Moxonidine 400microgram tablets28£7.30
Olanzapine 10mg tablets28£2.75
Olanzapine 15mg tablets28£3.84
Olanzapine 20mg tablets28£4.60
Prochlorperazine 5mg tablets28£1.30
Rasagiline 1mg tablets28£7.20
Senna 7.5mg tablets60£2.50
Tamoxifen 20mg tablets30£10.50

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