P.E.I. residents now able to receive 90-day supply of prescription medication
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — P.E.I. residents enrolled in public drug packages can now get a 90-day provide of most oral medicines.
Traditionally, prescription medicines listed beneath the P.E.I. Pharmacare Formulary have been restricted to being issued in 30-day provides solely.
A brand new partnership between the provincial authorities and the P.E.I. Pharmacists Affiliation now permits for a further 60 days for many medicines, with the objective of lowering general prescription drug prices.
“We have now heard from our pharmacy purchasers, significantly these on a number of medicines, that having the ability to obtain their refills on the identical time is most popular,” stated Erin MacKenzie, government director of the P.E.I. Pharmacists Affiliation.
“Whereas there’ll nonetheless be incidences the place allotting 90 days is not going to be applicable, streamlining the times’ provide allowed on a majority of persistent medicines will enable for co-ordination of prescription refills to occur extra typically.”
Medical professionals together with physicians, nurse practitioners and a few group pharmacists can modify a affected person’s prescription provide length as deemed appropriate by particular person circumstances.
Island residents are inspired to seek the advice of their pharmacists to examine if their medicines qualify for a 90-day provide.
Extra data on prescription care is out there online.
