Written answers

Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Department of Health and Children

Medicinal Products

2:30 pm

Photo of Chris AndrewsChris Andrews (Dublin South East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person is entitled to refuse a prescription from their general practitioner for a generic drug, when the person would strongly prefer being prescribed the brand name drug they have previously been prescribed. [21873/10]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The prescribing of a proprietary medicine or a generic medicine is a matter for the prescriber in consultation with the patient.

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