Under the weather

[evaelisabeth]

My asthma has been slowly but steadily disimproving, I switched to a new inhaler a couple of months ago because it was already not great but it's gotten worse than before. My Doctor thinks that it's a postnasal drip aggravating the asthma not the asthma itself that's getting worse. Possibly triggered by allergens. So I'm on sick time for a few days just to get a bit better, the cough is really quite unpleasant and last night was not great. I think the inhaler is starting to help or maybe it's the new nasal spray. They had better because between them they cost €80. Ultimately that doesn't matter since together Kate and my Medication hits the maximum for a family at €114 and we have a med card so we only pay up to that much per month. I think the sick time was very necessary because I spent most of the day spontaneously napping.

The good news is that I took a Covid test just in case and that's negative.

Comments

[bastun]

Yay for the negative COVID test!

I am so delighted to live in a country that has the Drug Payment Scheme! My own meds would be around the €80/month mark, but that's before I add in the "high tech medicine" I'm on for psoriasis. I caught sight of the invoice for that once, in my old pharmacy, and there were four digits before the decimal place! It's since come off patent and I'm now on a generic, but I imagine it's still bloody expensive without the DPS!

[evaelisabeth]

When you look at the details of the financing for Drug Companies they are some of the most evil !$"£$ on the planet because the old chestnut that "it costs us so much to develop this" is just not true. They make mega bucks on the backs of sick people.