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Premarin<br />

Premarin<br />

This drug is, supposedly (I deliberately phrase this carefully, because I have<br />

not seen any of this, but I am aware of the situation), produced from the<br />

urine of pregnant mares! They are kept in cruel conditions, which include<br />

continual confinement, standing without any option of being able to lie<br />

down or even turn around, a restriction of their drinking water (presumably<br />

to concentrate their urine), inadequate veterinary overseeing, killing of<br />

their newborn or young foals, and then immediate reimpregnation. These<br />

pregnancies are continued until the mare becomes infertile or even sick,<br />

whereupon she is killed (unknown, 2005). Basically, she is used as a factory<br />

on legs!<br />

For this reason some people feel that they are unable to use this drug for<br />

their own benefit. The choice is yours.<br />

Prescriptions<br />

Prepaid certificate<br />

If you know you’ll have to pay for a lot of NHS prescriptions it may<br />

be cheaper to buy a prescription prepayment certificate prescription<br />

prepayment certificate (PPC) 139 , effectively a prescription ’season ticket’. A<br />

PPC covers you for all of your own NHS prescriptions, including dental<br />

prescriptions, no matter how many items you need. However, this does<br />

not include other health costs, for example the provision of wigs and fabric<br />

supports which are only provided through the hospital service.<br />

Currently the prescription charges are UK £8.20 for each item, as from 8th<br />

April 2015, so you will see that the costs will very soon mount up, as many<br />

people have more that one item prescribed for them that they need to take.<br />

There are two PPC options to choose from -<br />

1 A three month PPC which costs UK £29.10 and will save you money if<br />

you need four or more items in the three months.<br />

2 A 12 month PPC costs UK£104.00 and will save you money if you need<br />

more than 13 items in a year<br />

How much can I save?<br />

• If you need two items each month you can save around UK £90 with<br />

a 12 month PPC,<br />

139 prescription prepayment certificate<br />

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