Should asthmatics get free prescriptions?

[Yorkiegirl]

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It puts people in stupid situations. I was really bad about my asthma medications until I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and then got all my prescriptions free. I do think I should only get the relevant ones free though, I always feel guilty when I get anything else (not enough to pay for them though! )

prescriptions will be free in wales pretty soon

I've been in a position before where I couldn't afford to pay for my asthma inhalers. I'd had a pre-payment certificate but it had run out and I couldn't afford another one. My asthma was still out of control at that point and I'd been hospitalised several times after bad attacks. If I'd had another attack the cost to the NHS would've been far higher than the price of an inhaler.

I get free prescriptions atm so it's no longer an issue but ideally I'd like there to be a system where the asthma-related medication was free.

Don't mind paying for them, but get annoyed at getting a whole inhaler every time. Why not just issue the little metal canister thingy? I must've chucked out 200-300 plastic inhalers over last 25 years, ridiculously wasteful.

Don't people still use those little inhalers that come in a little box and you put tablets in the bottom and twist IYKWIM.

I had one of them for years and just had to stock up on the tablets but they lasted so much longer than these plastic one's. I find I have to throw them out when I actually need them because the date is out on them.