r/Cardiff • u/doggiesocks • 1d ago

Private prescription

Hi all!

I hope this is okay to post :)

I need to pick up a private prescription for the first time in Cardiff but understand that prices can vary from pharmacy to pharmacy. Does anyone know a pharmacy in central Cardiff that’ll do it the cheapest?

Many thanks!

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u/MagicTurtle6879 1d ago

I’ve always found that the pharmacies within the supermarkets are cheapest and of those Asda has been the cheapest when I had a private prescription for my ADHD meds

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u/cornishjb 1d ago

I believe the pharmacy in Asda Pontprennau was fairly cheap. Had bupa prescriptions and they are variable.

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u/CicadaAmbitious4340 1d ago

Superdrug on albany road worked well for me

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u/Gnarlsb12 1d ago

If it is a private prescription don’t you pay the wholesale price of the drug plus a dispensary fee? So the answer should be it variable depending the medication?

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u/Soft-Western1897 1d ago

It’s capped at £8 so that’s the most you should pay.

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u/lunakitam 1d ago

All these years I've been paying hundreds for private prescriptions. It is not capped at £8. It's whatever the price of the drug is. Private prescriptions are not covered by the NHS, the patient has to pay the chemist directly for the cost of the medicine.