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Eplerenone tablets in final February price concessions list

The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) has included eight drugs in its final February 2021 price concessions list. The list of drugs include the following...

Drug Pack SizePrice Concession
Duloxetine 20mg gastro-resistant capsules28£7.28
Eplerenone 50mg tablets28£31.32
Etoricoxib 60mg tablets28£3.25
Etoricoxib 90mg tablets28£4.10
Lamotrigine 200mg tablets56£7.13
Letrozole 2.5mg tablets14£2.45
Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant tablets112£11.85
Trimethoprim 100mg tablets28£4.88

Second drug price concessions list released on February 24


Drug Pack SizePrice Concession
Eplerenone 25mg tablets28£9.48
Loperamide 2mg capsules30£1.50
Olmesartan medoxomil 40mg tablets28£15.95
Prochlorperazine 5mg tablets28£1.64
Trimethoprim 200mg tablets6£2.38
Trimethoprim 200mg tablets14£5.55

First drug price concessions list released on February 16 

DrugPack SizePrice Concession
Chlorpromazine 50mg tablets28£21.29
Ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets10£3.69
Duloxetine 30mg gastro-resistant capsules28£2.77
Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules28£3.50
Enalapril 10mg tablets28£5.99
Enalapril 20mg tablets28£10.10
Esomeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules28£3.99
Esomeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant tablets28£5.30
Esomeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules28£6.20
Irbesartan 300mg / Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg tablets28£15.93
Lamotrigine 100mg tablets56£5.20
Lamotrigine 25mg tablets56£2.30
Lamotrigine 50mg tablets56£4.50
Moxonidine 200microgram tablets28£8.61
Moxonidine 300microgram tablets28£6.93
Moxonidine 400microgram tablets28£7.50
Olmesartan medoxomil 10mg tablets28£10.31
Olmesartan medoxomil 20mg tablets28£12.29
Pramipexole 88microgram tablets30£4.16
Pregabalin 100mg capsules84£6.99
Pregabalin 150mg capsules56£3.12
Pregabalin 200mg capsules84£7.99
Pregabalin 25mg capsules56£2.15
Pregabalin 300mg capsules56£6.09
Pregabalin 50mg capsules84£5.70
Pregabalin 75mg capsules56£5.32
Ropinirole 1mg tablets84£26.99
Sulfasalazine 500mg tablets112£8.38
Tamoxifen 20mg tablets30£9.67
Topiramate 25mg capsules60£22.18
Zonisamide 100mg capsules56£55.41

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