Good Afternoon ,
Probably been asked many times before,just a tentative enquiry relating to the cost of healthcare in Cyprus,we are both retired I'm 70,my wife is 64,I'm in receipt of both my state and occupational pensions,my wife has two more years before receiving her S.P.
If we did relocate to Cyprus,we would rent for the first three months,have had many extended holidays there over the years,just not too familiar on the health infrastructure,particularly with Brexit looming.
I had a look on the High Commissioner to Cyprus website,but didn't glean a lot from that,perhaps there is a fact sheet or booklet for sale relating to the salient points of retiring in Cyprus,our main concern would be the cost of health care.
Regards
Brian Mc Inally
Elderly health care
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As you are receiving your state pension you can qualify for Cyprus healthcare through an S1, your wife will be able to qualify once she is receiving her state pension. Please note though that this will entitle you to the same healthcare as a Cypriot person! If you want more comprehensive cover then you need to look at private healthcare options.
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Your wife would also qualify for the Cypriot health scheme via the S1 form as your dependent
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If it,s any comfort,my wife,my son and grandson have had to receive medical attention here in Cyprus.Some of it serious...The treatment was brilliant,,could not fault it.
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As others have said, you would both be eligible for Cyprus Heath care .... once you had both registered as living here.. In the small interim period you could present your EHIC card..
The cost is almost Free... €3 to see a state doctor and €6 to see a consultant.. €10 if you go to use A&E. Any medicines that you are prescribed are 50 cents each item (not box) from the hospital pharmacy ..
Even if you want to see a Private Doctor the cost is usually around €35, but you would have to pay for any prescribed medicine.
The cost is almost Free... €3 to see a state doctor and €6 to see a consultant.. €10 if you go to use A&E. Any medicines that you are prescribed are 50 cents each item (not box) from the hospital pharmacy ..
Even if you want to see a Private Doctor the cost is usually around €35, but you would have to pay for any prescribed medicine.
Trev..
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The feedback so far is very interesting,thanks to all who have responded,I guess my main concern is...at the moment we do not pay for our prescriptions here in the U.K.would that also apply in Cyprus ? or are there other factors involved ?
Someone mentioned 50 cents per item from the pharmacy (not box) not sure if that means per tablet ( hope not) I suppose my question should have been...are prescription drugs free for over 60s,or those with certain medical conditions.
Someone mentioned 50 cents per item from the pharmacy (not box) not sure if that means per tablet ( hope not) I suppose my question should have been...are prescription drugs free for over 60s,or those with certain medical conditions.
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trireme wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:58 pm The feedback so far is very interesting,thanks to all who have responded,I guess my main concern is...at the moment we do not pay for our prescriptions here in the U.K.would that also apply in Cyprus ? or are there other factors involved ?
Someone mentioned 50 cents per item from the pharmacy (not box) not sure if that means per tablet ( hope not) I suppose my question should have been...are prescription drugs free for over 60s,or those with certain medical conditions.
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When I wrote 50cents per item, I meant.... that if the doctor prescribes 3 boxes of a certain pill, then you will pay 50cent for those THREE boxes. ie it is one item on the prescription.
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trireme, this info may be of some help to you.
Probably some of it will be out of date.
Beginners Guide Paphos General Hospital updated 29thOct2015
After experiencing my first few visits to the hospital recently I felt obliged to share my new found knowledge with others to help them avoid the many mistakes and pitfalls that I encountered.
After recovering from the event (and I have worked in hospitals for all of my working life so I am well used to the crowds and confusion) I decided to compile a lighthearted guide for others. I hope it helps.
Teresa
The Beginners Guide to Paphos General Hospital
Most importantly
You do not have to qualify for NHS care in Cyprus (ie be in receipt of a UK state pension or have paid your Social Insurance if your work in Cyprus) to attend the General Hospital. You can visit, present your medical card or pay for your care. It is a lot less expensive than a private hospital. The process, except for paying, is the same for everyone, prescription books are obtained from the reception desk..
Preparation
This is important to avoid high anxiety, depression, a sense of hopelessness and dehydration.
Do
Remember your pink card or European ID card or your Cyprus medical card, money and plastic payment method.
Take with you a book, I pod, bottle of water or some other distraction that appeals to you.
Have an early night before your trip. The experience will be challenging. You need to be at the hospital by 7.00am if possible and the traffic and road works are your first obstacles to overcome.
Leave plenty of time to find a parking space. After you turn into the hospital grounds you can turn right or continue straight ahead.
If you intend to see a consultant, find out their name beforehand. Ask around for a recommendation or phone the hospital and ask for the relevant department, then ask the doctors name. If necessary ask which day that doctor attends Paphos hospita some only come a couple or a few days a week from Limassol hospital, and try to make an appointment by telephone. You obviously need to visit on the day of the consultants attendance and if you have not managed to make an appointment you can try on the day.
Do not expect any instructions, posters, leaflets or information in English within the hospital environment. The fact that we are in Europe now has not been acknowledged yet.
Do not hesitate in the car park. There are no signs to inform you of any one way systems in the car parks just go for it. If you see a space and other cars are searching too, do not linger - you will lose it.
Do not always expect to be able to make an appointment with a consultant prior to your visit. Some consultants will not allow this and insist that they see you first to identify your need and they then give you an appointment. This may require an additional attendance on a future date. now specialist fee is €6.
Inside the hospital
As you approach you will see a cafe that extends to the paved area outside the hospital. With that on your left enter the first door you see on the left. A queue at windowed desks will be visible.
This is where your true British grit is required and your vast life experience will come into its own – your ability to smile and apologise when someone else is abusing you; your inherent ability to queue and be polite and patient.
Do Join the queue to register at this window, and at each subsequent visit to the hospital.
Expect Cypriots to appear and walk straight up to the window and be served, whether you are talking to the receptionist or not. You must stay calm.
Expect to be a contortionist. The speaking aperture in the reception window is at desk height, thereby causing everyone to bend sideways and speak through the hole in order to hear the receptionist and to be heard and understood. I have never found talking to a receptionist male of female to cause any sideways bending (admin).. This causes great entertainment while you are in the queue observing others doing it and embarrassment when it is your turn.
Inform the receptionist that this is your first visit to the hospital and that you want to register to see a doctor. You can see a GP or a consultant in any specialist problem. You will need to be specific at this point so they can tell you where to go afterwards. It will be most helpful if you can name your consultant at this point.
The receptionist will need your pink card or ID card to enter your details onto their computer database and give you the first of your many sheets of labels. This is where you will pay for your visit if you do not qualify for NHS care.
Payment € 3 each visit for all,for UK retirees there is no charge for medical treatment apart from those fees mentioned, Blood tests and medication are extra for those who have to pay. Charges for prescriptions are (2015) 50cents per item. you will need to obtain medical stamps to cover this as cash is not taken, stamps can be obtained at the PO or of course the general hospital..
You will be given a small green paper receipt for your €10 of them for the payment to see a consultant. You will not be told what to do with these and I cannot help you either. Suggestions by email please.
Hopefully the receptionist will tell you where to go for your doctors appointment but you are usually given a vague wave of the arm in the general direction. Before you embark on your exploration of the hospital though -
At the right hand side of the reception desk is another window. If this is your first visit you will need a file for your notes. After you have registered you need to queue at that window and ask for a file. They will look at your labels and give you an empty file which you take with you to hold your medical notes. (most of us now keep our medical files safely with us at all times).
If you don't do this you will queue for the doctor who will then send you back to this window to obtain a file, then you will queue to see the doctor again, such fun and games. (keep your file with you)
On subsequent visits you will need to queue at the file window to collect your file before going to see the doctor. This has changed, the GP will receive your file while you are there, but my advice is keep your file, most GP let you do this now.
The waiting rooms to see the consultants are in the corridor alongside this window, the GPs are along the corridor to the opposite side of the reception desk. Please walk on with your head held high and optimism in your heart.
Seeing the doctor
You need to find the correct location for the doctor as the names on all the consulting rooms are in Greek please ask another ex pat. They are the most helpful people and have been through the same experience as you, or worse at least you are reading this to guide you. They are very sympathetic generally and a much needed ally.
Usually you keep your white strip one part going to the GP the other for prescriptions if needed, the GP will attach these to your prescription book, do not lose this!
All white tickets strips are numbered, this will be your position for the GP (when it's your turn) do ask those waiting what number they are is my best advise, do not be a push over while waiting, your number is when you follow the next person in...
Before you settle down with your book/ipod/magazine though you need to hand your file into the doctor. To do this you have to watch for the present patient to come out of the consulting room, walk in and place your file on the doctor's desk and withdraw back to your seat. By doing this your file will be placed in order of attendance and you will be called in for a consultation at the appropriate time. If you don't do this you will sit patiently waiting until all the other patients have gone, then the doctor will look at you in surprise as he leaves for his lunch and tell you to come back the next day.
The doctors are usually very good at their job, knowledgeable and kind to their patients that is the best bit. After your consultation the doctor may well then complete a request form for blood tests. This is your next challenge.
Blood tests
Please take note : As an outpatient you will need to go to another window to the left of the blood bank/phlebotomists area where the receptionist will take your form and provide you with the necessary blood bottles. In the early morning this also has a ticket from the machine system so take one immediately and queue with the heaving throng. This ticket is not for the blood bottle office - oh no! that is just to confuse you. It is for the phlebotomist queue where you wait after securing your bottles.
You must complete this procedure between the hours of 7am 9am when this office closes to outpatients. If you are later than this you have to come back the next day to do it.
If you have to pay for the blood tests you need to go first to the Administration Office on the second floor with your blood request paper, pay for the blood tests and take your receipt back to the lady with the blood bottles before she will give you any bottles. Be prepared for the shock of the cost of this if you have to pay and that is the reason to take your plastic. There are no doctors on this floor to resuscitate you if you succumb to the shock. Allow time for this bureaucratic process.
If you do not obey this particular rule you may well be shouted at in Cypriot with wild gesticulations towards the clock on the wall to remind you that you are late. Do not take this personally it is a common occurrence and one that requires the true grit of the British patient. Other ex pats will gather round to support you knowing that the same thing happened to them. The sense of camaraderie goes some way to alleviate the despair and embarrassment of this exercise. (my advise is go early)
Once you have your blood bottles you will feel an overwhelming sense of achievement and, clutching your blood request form and your bottles, you need to make your way around the corner to the phlebotomists.
If the ticket system is being used a phlebotomist will come to door of the room periodically and call out ticket numbers IN GREEK. Perhaps this is your opportunity to learn your numbers from 1 to 100. Alternatively, you can walk to the person and show them your ticket and they may help. If the ticket system is not being used do not sit on the chairs provided outside the phlebotomists office. This is a free for all area. Be strong. Cypriot patients will simply walk in ahead of you and be seen. Instead, walk into the doorway, smile and look hopeful. Make eye contact with one of the phlebotomists and use your very best non verbal communications to will them to take your blood samples.
They are actually very pleasant people and very efficient at their job.
You will see them and when they see your blood request they may ask you if you have eaten that morning. If you say yes they could ask you to return tomorrow as your blood test needs to be done when you have fasted. They are not being difficult, it is necessary but it may come as a shock as no one else has told you this.
At this point you have to accept defeat if only for your health and sense of well being. At least tomorrow morning you won't have to queue at reception again as you will take your blood request form and bottles home with you. Tomorrow don't forget the ticket machine though on your arrival.
If they do take your blood sample they will place a piece of cotton wool on the needlestick point and ask you to bend your arm and hold it with your other hand - this is the blood test walk. You will leave the hospital like that as no plasters are offered. That's just the way it is so accept it - the plasters don't stick anyway as I have found out after blood donation (where they do treat you to a plaster, but no chocolate biscuits). You will be just one of many people walking along the corridor in this manner - a sort of blood club if you like.
Leave the hospital, return to your car and, if you are not blocked in, go and treat yourself to whatever you feel you need to have to take away the mixed emotions of the mornings experience. Then remember to laugh it reduces stress levels and makes you a better person.
You have done a great job and have learned a valuable lesson in life and most of all, you have survived. Well done.
Probably some of it will be out of date.
Beginners Guide Paphos General Hospital updated 29thOct2015
After experiencing my first few visits to the hospital recently I felt obliged to share my new found knowledge with others to help them avoid the many mistakes and pitfalls that I encountered.
After recovering from the event (and I have worked in hospitals for all of my working life so I am well used to the crowds and confusion) I decided to compile a lighthearted guide for others. I hope it helps.
Teresa
The Beginners Guide to Paphos General Hospital
Most importantly
You do not have to qualify for NHS care in Cyprus (ie be in receipt of a UK state pension or have paid your Social Insurance if your work in Cyprus) to attend the General Hospital. You can visit, present your medical card or pay for your care. It is a lot less expensive than a private hospital. The process, except for paying, is the same for everyone, prescription books are obtained from the reception desk..
Preparation
This is important to avoid high anxiety, depression, a sense of hopelessness and dehydration.
Do
Remember your pink card or European ID card or your Cyprus medical card, money and plastic payment method.
Take with you a book, I pod, bottle of water or some other distraction that appeals to you.
Have an early night before your trip. The experience will be challenging. You need to be at the hospital by 7.00am if possible and the traffic and road works are your first obstacles to overcome.
Leave plenty of time to find a parking space. After you turn into the hospital grounds you can turn right or continue straight ahead.
If you intend to see a consultant, find out their name beforehand. Ask around for a recommendation or phone the hospital and ask for the relevant department, then ask the doctors name. If necessary ask which day that doctor attends Paphos hospita some only come a couple or a few days a week from Limassol hospital, and try to make an appointment by telephone. You obviously need to visit on the day of the consultants attendance and if you have not managed to make an appointment you can try on the day.
Do not expect any instructions, posters, leaflets or information in English within the hospital environment. The fact that we are in Europe now has not been acknowledged yet.
Do not hesitate in the car park. There are no signs to inform you of any one way systems in the car parks just go for it. If you see a space and other cars are searching too, do not linger - you will lose it.
Do not always expect to be able to make an appointment with a consultant prior to your visit. Some consultants will not allow this and insist that they see you first to identify your need and they then give you an appointment. This may require an additional attendance on a future date. now specialist fee is €6.
Inside the hospital
As you approach you will see a cafe that extends to the paved area outside the hospital. With that on your left enter the first door you see on the left. A queue at windowed desks will be visible.
This is where your true British grit is required and your vast life experience will come into its own – your ability to smile and apologise when someone else is abusing you; your inherent ability to queue and be polite and patient.
Do Join the queue to register at this window, and at each subsequent visit to the hospital.
Expect Cypriots to appear and walk straight up to the window and be served, whether you are talking to the receptionist or not. You must stay calm.
Expect to be a contortionist. The speaking aperture in the reception window is at desk height, thereby causing everyone to bend sideways and speak through the hole in order to hear the receptionist and to be heard and understood. I have never found talking to a receptionist male of female to cause any sideways bending (admin).. This causes great entertainment while you are in the queue observing others doing it and embarrassment when it is your turn.
Inform the receptionist that this is your first visit to the hospital and that you want to register to see a doctor. You can see a GP or a consultant in any specialist problem. You will need to be specific at this point so they can tell you where to go afterwards. It will be most helpful if you can name your consultant at this point.
The receptionist will need your pink card or ID card to enter your details onto their computer database and give you the first of your many sheets of labels. This is where you will pay for your visit if you do not qualify for NHS care.
Payment € 3 each visit for all,for UK retirees there is no charge for medical treatment apart from those fees mentioned, Blood tests and medication are extra for those who have to pay. Charges for prescriptions are (2015) 50cents per item. you will need to obtain medical stamps to cover this as cash is not taken, stamps can be obtained at the PO or of course the general hospital..
You will be given a small green paper receipt for your €10 of them for the payment to see a consultant. You will not be told what to do with these and I cannot help you either. Suggestions by email please.
Hopefully the receptionist will tell you where to go for your doctors appointment but you are usually given a vague wave of the arm in the general direction. Before you embark on your exploration of the hospital though -
At the right hand side of the reception desk is another window. If this is your first visit you will need a file for your notes. After you have registered you need to queue at that window and ask for a file. They will look at your labels and give you an empty file which you take with you to hold your medical notes. (most of us now keep our medical files safely with us at all times).
If you don't do this you will queue for the doctor who will then send you back to this window to obtain a file, then you will queue to see the doctor again, such fun and games. (keep your file with you)
On subsequent visits you will need to queue at the file window to collect your file before going to see the doctor. This has changed, the GP will receive your file while you are there, but my advice is keep your file, most GP let you do this now.
The waiting rooms to see the consultants are in the corridor alongside this window, the GPs are along the corridor to the opposite side of the reception desk. Please walk on with your head held high and optimism in your heart.
Seeing the doctor
You need to find the correct location for the doctor as the names on all the consulting rooms are in Greek please ask another ex pat. They are the most helpful people and have been through the same experience as you, or worse at least you are reading this to guide you. They are very sympathetic generally and a much needed ally.
Usually you keep your white strip one part going to the GP the other for prescriptions if needed, the GP will attach these to your prescription book, do not lose this!
All white tickets strips are numbered, this will be your position for the GP (when it's your turn) do ask those waiting what number they are is my best advise, do not be a push over while waiting, your number is when you follow the next person in...
Before you settle down with your book/ipod/magazine though you need to hand your file into the doctor. To do this you have to watch for the present patient to come out of the consulting room, walk in and place your file on the doctor's desk and withdraw back to your seat. By doing this your file will be placed in order of attendance and you will be called in for a consultation at the appropriate time. If you don't do this you will sit patiently waiting until all the other patients have gone, then the doctor will look at you in surprise as he leaves for his lunch and tell you to come back the next day.
The doctors are usually very good at their job, knowledgeable and kind to their patients that is the best bit. After your consultation the doctor may well then complete a request form for blood tests. This is your next challenge.
Blood tests
Please take note : As an outpatient you will need to go to another window to the left of the blood bank/phlebotomists area where the receptionist will take your form and provide you with the necessary blood bottles. In the early morning this also has a ticket from the machine system so take one immediately and queue with the heaving throng. This ticket is not for the blood bottle office - oh no! that is just to confuse you. It is for the phlebotomist queue where you wait after securing your bottles.
You must complete this procedure between the hours of 7am 9am when this office closes to outpatients. If you are later than this you have to come back the next day to do it.
If you have to pay for the blood tests you need to go first to the Administration Office on the second floor with your blood request paper, pay for the blood tests and take your receipt back to the lady with the blood bottles before she will give you any bottles. Be prepared for the shock of the cost of this if you have to pay and that is the reason to take your plastic. There are no doctors on this floor to resuscitate you if you succumb to the shock. Allow time for this bureaucratic process.
If you do not obey this particular rule you may well be shouted at in Cypriot with wild gesticulations towards the clock on the wall to remind you that you are late. Do not take this personally it is a common occurrence and one that requires the true grit of the British patient. Other ex pats will gather round to support you knowing that the same thing happened to them. The sense of camaraderie goes some way to alleviate the despair and embarrassment of this exercise. (my advise is go early)
Once you have your blood bottles you will feel an overwhelming sense of achievement and, clutching your blood request form and your bottles, you need to make your way around the corner to the phlebotomists.
If the ticket system is being used a phlebotomist will come to door of the room periodically and call out ticket numbers IN GREEK. Perhaps this is your opportunity to learn your numbers from 1 to 100. Alternatively, you can walk to the person and show them your ticket and they may help. If the ticket system is not being used do not sit on the chairs provided outside the phlebotomists office. This is a free for all area. Be strong. Cypriot patients will simply walk in ahead of you and be seen. Instead, walk into the doorway, smile and look hopeful. Make eye contact with one of the phlebotomists and use your very best non verbal communications to will them to take your blood samples.
They are actually very pleasant people and very efficient at their job.
You will see them and when they see your blood request they may ask you if you have eaten that morning. If you say yes they could ask you to return tomorrow as your blood test needs to be done when you have fasted. They are not being difficult, it is necessary but it may come as a shock as no one else has told you this.
At this point you have to accept defeat if only for your health and sense of well being. At least tomorrow morning you won't have to queue at reception again as you will take your blood request form and bottles home with you. Tomorrow don't forget the ticket machine though on your arrival.
If they do take your blood sample they will place a piece of cotton wool on the needlestick point and ask you to bend your arm and hold it with your other hand - this is the blood test walk. You will leave the hospital like that as no plasters are offered. That's just the way it is so accept it - the plasters don't stick anyway as I have found out after blood donation (where they do treat you to a plaster, but no chocolate biscuits). You will be just one of many people walking along the corridor in this manner - a sort of blood club if you like.
Leave the hospital, return to your car and, if you are not blocked in, go and treat yourself to whatever you feel you need to have to take away the mixed emotions of the mornings experience. Then remember to laugh it reduces stress levels and makes you a better person.
You have done a great job and have learned a valuable lesson in life and most of all, you have survived. Well done.
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Ha ha. It was a long read that brought a few smiles to my face. Some things have changed but it is a realistic if light hearted look at the workings of the hospital 
Trev..
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I thought that it was a great guide to the mysteries of Paphos General which I have learnt the hard way,! Though I have also rec guidance from other posters on this forum or Jim’s forum before that. HoweverI loved the humour of this poster.
I have had a few comic (after the event) experiences there.. my one experience of the blood testing queue was much as described, except that when I eventually reached one of the blood takers she fouldn’t find my vein, so I got stabbed several times first/(painful),then she hit the bullseye and the cotton wool wasn’t adiquate.. no one would help me as the blood poured down my arm, until someone behind me in the queue fortunately had brought some plasters with her, and kindly applied one plus a fresh wad of cotton wool to ny arm. Which worked, can’t thank her enough. I retired exhausted and went home for something stronger to drink. I have since then had any blood tess done at the private Lab in Paphos which is an altogether much better experience. The consultants at the general seem quite happy with this method.
My other experience was while in the doctors surgery, 2 young men suddenly charged in to consult the doctor. I was just glad that I wasn’t on the doctors couch at the time being examined. Apparently, some doctos lock their doors when they have a patient in which prevents this happening...
Dee
I have had a few comic (after the event) experiences there.. my one experience of the blood testing queue was much as described, except that when I eventually reached one of the blood takers she fouldn’t find my vein, so I got stabbed several times first/(painful),then she hit the bullseye and the cotton wool wasn’t adiquate.. no one would help me as the blood poured down my arm, until someone behind me in the queue fortunately had brought some plasters with her, and kindly applied one plus a fresh wad of cotton wool to ny arm. Which worked, can’t thank her enough. I retired exhausted and went home for something stronger to drink. I have since then had any blood tess done at the private Lab in Paphos which is an altogether much better experience. The consultants at the general seem quite happy with this method.
My other experience was while in the doctors surgery, 2 young men suddenly charged in to consult the doctor. I was just glad that I wasn’t on the doctors couch at the time being examined. Apparently, some doctos lock their doors when they have a patient in which prevents this happening...
Dee
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Many thanks to everyone who responded to my query,useful and entertaining information,50 cents per drug is very cheap indeed,the cost of prescribed drugs was one of my main concerns,once again thanks to all.
Best Regards
Brian Mc Inally
Best Regards
Brian Mc Inally
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Hi Brian,
A lot may depend on what prescription drugs you are taking. Cyprus doesn’t necessarily have the same range of drugs which are available in the UK. Some drugs may also be called by different names as they are mainly obtained via Greece. There may be an alternave drug offered available, but not always. Just something to bear in mind and to check up on in due course.
Cheers,
Dee
A lot may depend on what prescription drugs you are taking. Cyprus doesn’t necessarily have the same range of drugs which are available in the UK. Some drugs may also be called by different names as they are mainly obtained via Greece. There may be an alternave drug offered available, but not always. Just something to bear in mind and to check up on in due course.
Cheers,
Dee
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Dee is correct about there sometimes being different drugs used here. But for sure whatever ailment you have there will be people here in Cyprus with it, and being treated successfully
Trev..
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Unfortunately, not always. E. g. if you´re suffering from migraines and need sumatriptane you´ll not find it. And for some patients alternative triptanes don´t work. I had to get it from the North.
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Jeba.. Who has made the diagnosis that you need sumatriptane ??? Have you seen a doctor or consultant here in Cyprus to see what they will prescribe for you ??
Trev..
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Sumatriptan.........I never leave the house without it........migraines are horrendous 
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I don´t need it, but my girlfriend does. It was prescribed by a neurologist in South Africa. There are other triptanes available in Cyprus but they don´t work for her. And no, she didn´t want to try them all - I just drove to the North and got it from there. According to an official list of permitted drugs Sumatriptane should be available in theory. However, in practice it´s not. The pharmacy explained to me that nobody bothers to import it as prices are regulated and the profit margin is therefore not sufficient to incentivise importers.
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Jeba I wasn't suggesting that she try them all. I was suggesting that she saw a doctor / neurologist here to see what they said about her condition and what they would prescribe for it..
Trev..
