Written answers
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Department of Health
Medicinal Products Expenditure
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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862. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent each year by the Health Service Executive on the treatment of fibromyalgia with Lyrica, Cymbalta and Amitriptyline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22296/15]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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As all three of the drugs named - Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Amitriptyline (Elavil) - have multiple indications and uses, it is not possible to provide a figure for the amount spent each year by the Health Service Executive on the reimbursement of these drugs for a specific condition, i.e. fibromyalgia.
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