Malaria tablets (Doxycycline)

Azza · 28 Mar 2011 at 19:22

Couple of my friends are going to Uganda for 6 weeks in the summer (wish I was going with them!!

)... Lloyds Pharmacy have them priced at £55 for 6 weeks or £85 for 12 weeks... but we just went to Morrisons and the bloke there said it was £12 something for 6 weeks from there.

Any reason why? Any where else to get them for cheaper than Lloyds?

Thanks

LeJosh · 28 Mar 2011 at 19:23

It will be cheaper as Morrisons will buy more thus reducing the price, I'd imagine.

loltim · 28 Mar 2011 at 19:33

Why do you wish you were going? I could think of 3 billion places i'd rather visit than Uganda, Skegness for example

Robbo · 28 Mar 2011 at 19:36

Tim said:
Why do you wish you were going? I could think of 3 billion places i'd rather visit than Uganda, Skegness for example

Oi!

You cant go wrong with a bit of Skegness, I'll have none of that derogatory talk in here!

Andr3w · 28 Mar 2011 at 19:36

I've just been given 5 months worth of malaria tablets....only to find out I can't take the ones they gave me as I have psoriasis on my elbows and these ones make it worse, need to go back and get different ones! Grrr!

int · 28 Mar 2011 at 20:09

The patent has run out on doxycycline allowing more companies to make/supply their own.

This doesn't mean the Morrisons ones are different, it's just cheaper because they don't need to recoup money from R&D and they can attempt to undercut the better known brands.

It's the same with any medication being sold as supermarket "own brands", they're exactly the same ingredients as the better known, flashier tablets but people tend to buy the more expensive stuff because they don't know any better.

Destination · 28 Mar 2011 at 20:17

Andr3w said:
I've just been given 5 months worth of malaria tablets....only to find out I can't take the ones they gave me as I have psoriasis on my elbows and these ones make it worse, need to go back and get different ones! Grrr!

Be careful.
Some malaria tabs have wicked side effects, absolutely wicked.
Worsening of psoriasis might be the least of your worries, so do check the stuff the alternative can cause.

Azza · 28 Mar 2011 at 20:32

Thanks for the information people.

int · 28 Mar 2011 at 20:58

Drink tonic water or lemon bitters too, they're full of quinine which protects against and can treat infection by plasmodium falciparum, the most common parasite to cause malaria.

Greenlizard0 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:06

Yeap,..it's why it's called 'Indian' tonic water...

sicknote · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:48

Uganda is an amazing country.....ssesse islands are a nice little trip.

Caught Malaria 4 years ago in Zambia even though I was taking my tablets. Never been as sick or as scared in my life. The nightmares were crazy. Good for weight loss though.

Van Hellseek · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:06

Recently cost me £25 for a months worth of Doxycycline. Purchased directly from the dispensary at my local GP.

Edit: Had to be ordered 2 weeks in advance.

nomelette · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:06

Marmite's cheaper