PQ 277
279 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug pradaxa and its prescription for medical card patients presenting with atrial fibrillation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has informed patients that they must pay for this drug; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that pradaxa is clinically safer for many patients than warfarin; if he will ensure full and equal access to pradaxa for medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40226/11]
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14 December 2011
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14 December 2011 · Medicinal Products
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Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
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14 December 2011
Summary
279 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug pradaxa and its prescription for medical card patients presenting with atrial fibrillation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has informed patients that they must pay for this drug; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that pradaxa is clinically safer for many patients than warfarin; if he will ensure full and equal access to pradaxa for medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40226/11]
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14 December 2011
Medicinal Products
279 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug pradaxa and its prescription for medical card patients presenting with atrial fibrillation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has informed patients that they must pay for this drug; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that pradaxa is clinically safer for many patients than warfarin; if he will ensure full and equal access to pradaxa for medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40226/11]
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Medicinal Products
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- Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín. · Asking member
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2011-12-14/277/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2011-12-14/pq_277
- ireland · q-2011-12-14-pq_277 · source updated 14 December 2011