514 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that the medication Pradaxa, which is used to treat the condition pulmonary embolism, is no longer covered by the medical card; if so, the reason this is the case; if he will ensure that Pradaxa will continue to be covered by the medical card scheme in general and if he will grant the medication in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will agree that while the drug Warfarin is also used to treat this condition, for some people it is difficult to maintain INR levels on Warfarin, which means that people have to attend their GP weekly, thus incurring significantly more cost to the State, so that to force people on medical cards to use this instead of Pradaxa would be a very regressive measure. [37103/11]

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514 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that the medication Pradaxa, which is used to treat the condition pulmonary embolism, is no longer covered by the medical card; if so, the reason this is the case; if he will ensure that Pradaxa will continue to be covered by the medical card scheme in general and if he will grant the medication in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will agree that while the drug Warfarin is also used to treat this condition, for some people it is difficult to maintain INR levels on Warfarin, which means that people have to attend their GP weekly, thus incurring significantly more cost to the State, so that to force people on medical cards to use this instead of Pradaxa would be a very regressive measure. [37103/11]

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1. 29 November 2011

   Medical Cards

   514 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that the medication Pradaxa, which is used to treat the condition pulmonary embolism, is no longer covered by the medical card; if so, the reason this is the case; if he will ensure that Pradaxa will continue to be covered by the medical card scheme in general and if he will grant the medication in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will agree that while the drug Warfarin is also used to treat this condition, for some people it is difficult to maintain INR levels on Warfarin, which means that people have to attend their GP weekly, thus incurring significantly more cost to the State, so that to force people on medical cards to use this instead of Pradaxa would be a very regressive measure. [37103/11]

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