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    Posted: 10 January 2010 at 1:04pm
Hi there
A friend of mine has recently started a petition to try and persuade Pharmac to fund epipens. Overseas they are funded quite substantially

Please help this cause by becoming a fan of the facebook page
And also by signing the online petition (there is a link on the page)

If they can fund flavoured condoms, then part funding for these expensive life savings devices shouldnt be too much to ask

Thanks!


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It always amazes me with the funding. You can get a truck of panadol for $3 but other drugs that are really really needed cost a fortune. They should just make us all pay full price for things like panadol and put all that extra cash into funding the expensive life saving drugs.

I will join the page and sign the petition

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What's the name of the facebook page?

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Oops facebook page

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they don't already fund them?????WTF?
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Thank you very much to all who have signed :) :)
Originally posted by lizzle lizzle wrote:

they don't already fund them?????WTF?

Nope, they don't even partially fund them. And they expire after one year as well.
In Aussie you can get 2 for $30 a year I think.

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Yeah its horible, i have to pay something like $170 p/ epipen, only one shot and they expire after 12ish months. Last time i managed to get WINZ to pay for it coz I can't afford it, and i need it.
Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :)
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Originally posted by BuzzyBee BuzzyBee wrote:

Yeah its horible, i have to pay something like $170 p/ epipen, only one shot and they expire after 12ish months. Last time i managed to get WINZ to pay for it coz I can't afford it, and i need it.

Wow that is alot.

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In the UK they are probably free for children as you don't pay any prescription charges for under 18s.

Woman I worked with paid $300 for two pens for her daughter and that was about 3 years ago. It's so shocking, especially as they expire so quickly as well.

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Shameless bump for a good cause
Campbell live are being contacted in a few days so hopefull we can generate more publicity for this.

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great cause. All signed Have also sent facebook invites for this great petition

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Originally posted by bext1 bext1 wrote:

great cause. All signed Have also sent facebook invites for this great petition

Thank you very much bext1

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I can't believe they're not funded!

I also fail to understand why flavoured condoms ARE.
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i signed on to that cause earlier on today my mum was a diabetic so it is a cause close to my heart. my mum always had to spend a fortune!! on all her things she needed!
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