TLE Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 HiCan anyone tell me what sort of costs we would be looking atfor high blood pressure medication? We are relocating to dept 87 next springand my Husband has been told he needs to go onto daily medication for highblood pressure (haven’t got it yet so don’t know which drugs). We hadn’tfigured this type of medication cost or how this may affect our health insurancepremiums into our budget…. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 The ones I take cost €66.35 for a three-month pack.This type of treatment is delivered only by prescription and your husband would need to visit his GP every 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLE Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Thanks ClaireHas this has any effect on your health insurance? I’m concernedwe may have trouble getting insurance or our premiums will be greatly increasedwith a pre existing condition like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 As a working French national, I am covered by the French system, so I cannot give you any idea of how this would affect a private health policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 That's not a question that can be answered until you actually have a prescription. There are many different types of drug used to treat hypertension, which vary in cost from a couple of euros per month for a simple beta blocker up to 50€ or more for some other medications (e.g. ACE inhibitor). Because of the various side effects, doctors often prefer to prescribe a small dose of each of three or four different drugs (e.g. beta blocker, ACE inhibitor (and related drugs), diuretic, calcium channel blocker, vasoldilators). French doctors are particularly well known for never prescribing one medication when several are available. Costs can be reduced by using generics, rather than brand names, but not all drugs have a low-cost equivalent. From my own experience of taking such medication in France, you could be talking of around 60-70€ per month, maybe more, possibly less. But your health, and avoiding strokes, is not an area for penny-pinching. Edit - Clair posted while I was looking up my records. It seems we are talking about similar figures, which I suppose is encouraging. My costs were likewise covered through paying into the French system as a worker in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLE Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Thanks to you both - That gives us some ball park figures to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 The costs depend on the drugs you are prescribed. I have two blood pressure meds and the total cost is Euros 33.16 for a month - effectively 28 days.Prescription every three months from the generaliste, but only after weight measured, bp checked, heart and pulse listened to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 If you are in the health system,with perhaps E121, and your Mutuelle, I can't follow that you are paying so much for medication? I seem to get the majority of any costs,Doctor/Hospital/Pills etc reimbursed. Even after 5 years here I do admit that the system,with it's many versions, remains a total mystery. Perhaps I have just been lucky?Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Gastines, likewise, I don't pay for these. I was simply giving the OP an idea of how much these cost as priced on the packet.With a presriction, the OP would still be able to buy them at roughly that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Same for me as I have an E121, it was the price on the box that I quoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Hi,Picked my prescription up todayAmlodipine 5mg X 30 tablets10.73 euro, less 6.97 refunded by CPAMJoshua[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisymay Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]Same for me as I have an E121, it was the price on the box that I quoted.[/quote]can you clarify a point for me? I have only just qualified for my E121. Do you not pay for your medication? I have previously been reimbursed by CPAM and the remainder by our mutelle. What will happen from now on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Sorry, my mistake, trying to reply in a hurry. I'm on 100%, that's why I don't pay, nothing to do with the E121. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 [quote user="daisymay"] [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]Same for me as I have an E121, it was the price on the box that I quoted.[/quote]can you clarify a point for me? I have only just qualified for my E121. Do you not pay for your medication? I have previously been reimbursed by CPAM and the remainder by our mutelle. What will happen from now on?[/quote]Under the E121 you'll have the same reimbursements by your CPAM/mutuelle as you did before. The only difference is you'll be exempt from paying your contributions.Tony's a bit more septic than the rest of us, so his CPAM covers everything.....[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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