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Malarone Generic Tablets (Atovaquone and Proguanil 250mg/100mg) £1 per tablet @ ASDA
The patent for Malarone, an anti malarial drug ran out last year and you can now buy generic (unbranded, but identical) tablets at a highly reduced price. After shopping around extensively for a weeks worth of the drug being quoted upwards of £50 for the course (16 tablets). I found that ASDA sell it at £1 per tablet, which is less than half the price of any other high street pharmacy and 65p less per tablet than the cheapest online pharmacy I could find. Hope this helps anyone trying to travel on a budget!
Cheaper going to your gp and getting a £8.05 prescription
Simples
Looks like a great deal to me. I paid so much that I have erased the memory.
I often use Malarone for a month at a time, I've not had any side effects yet. The longest stretch on these, was 5 months stuck in Cameroon. Again no side effects except missing my own bed....
WRONG! Malarone is not prescribed by the NHS, it's a private prescription so you pay at the GP for the prescription and at the pharmacy. I work in GP management if you want the source.
Your GP is either extremely generous or is clearly not managing their prescribing budget properly.
cost near £3 a tablet in 2006 when I got them
I don't care what he is, is all I know is he will write me a prescription for malaria tablets. In the long run its cheaper than treating me for malaria when I get home!
GP's are not normally supposed to prescribe Malarone on the NHS but, unfortunately, a few do squander precious NHS resources on subsidising people's holidays / jobs / gap year...
GP's should be able to offer a private prescription - some will charge a few pounds, others won't bother. GP's are entitled to charge for private prescriptions (it's not NHS work so they don't get paid for it via any other means).
If your GP does you a private script, make sure it's for atovaquone/proguanil (the generic name) rather than Malarone and you should pay a little less if you fill the prescription at a pharmacy - this is quite new and many doctors haven't caught up with the fact that you can get generic Malarone yet so they may need a nudge.
Good tip - it's worth checking back regularly as malaria advice for some regions does change depending on the current circumstances / any outbreaks.
exactly,
and then buy where the locals buy ! , they certainly can't afford uk prices
I would use caution. There is a massive trade in fake medicines in many developing countries. Protection against malaria isn't something I would fancy chancing my arm with - especially when the cost is fairly modest here.
Why do people always leave ambiguous comments like this?
What on earth are you talking about? Am I missing something here? Cold on the basis you think it might be an Israeli company?!
or you could buy a £2.50 bottle of "Skin So Soft Original Dry Oil Body Spray" from Avon. Just read reviews at the bottom of the product page. We have used it on several occasions in West and East Africa and didn't bother with antimalarials at all. Mosquitoes hate this stuff and unlike DEET based products it doesn't dissolve plastic and smells reasonably well.
The locals do not use antimalerials, thats why so many die each year.
You really shouldn't be giving advice about antimalerial protection. You should be using the spray, as well as tablets.
I've probably spent 3 years in Africa spread over the last 7 years. This is something that shouldn't be taken lightly, unfortunately I've known a few people who have been struck down and with this. The worst thing is, if the guys would have still been in Africa when there symptoms started showing, they probably would still be alive. In the UK your GP just isn't trained or have the equipment available to do a quick test, which would save lives.
Why are they for sale then
Malaria isn't everywhere, other Africans moving about DO use them
get malaria and even then only if they can afford it.
Best not to talk about stuff you know nothing about, or you make yourself sound..... Simples! These are not available on the NHS as they are anti malarial (to stop you getting poorly on holiday from malaria infected mosquito) private prescription only.
Excellent price hot!
Everyone complaining or giving out false 'assumed' advice probably don't holiday further than Benidorm so really don't have a clue just how good a deal this is.