People often ask where to buy cheap Malarone or how much does Malarone cost.
When buying Malarone people need to know; is it genuine malarone, has a proper malaria consultation been carried out, does the Malarone price include the price of the prescription and will the tablets be supplied in exactly the right quantity needed for the length of the trip, rather than in standard packs.
Price of Malarone
Malarone (Atovaquone/Proguanil) is taken to prevent malaria in areas where there is chloroquine resistance. Unlike other malaria tablets Malarone is relatively new and therefore only available from the pharmaceutical company that developed it.
For this reason there is no competition in the production of Malarone. The price of Malarone is therefore high.
Prescriptions for Malarone
Malarone is not available legally in the UK without a prescription.
In most cases prescriptions for malaria tablets are private prescriptions and not NHS prescriptions. The NHS will generally not pay for medicines for travel or recreation.
Most private prescriptions are provided to patients by GPs after consultations. GPs often charge for these private prescriptions. The fee is usually around £10 to £15. Some pharmacists and nurses with specialist training are also able to provide private prescription for Malarone, usually for a fee.
Dr Fox supplies malarone on prescription. Prices include the costs of the consultation, private prescription and postage by recorded delivery. Dr Fox costs are lower than most pharmacy websites for most quantities of Malarone. For a twelve week supply of Malarone Dr Fox charges £2.35 per Malarone tablet. Compare online prices.
Selected groups of people are eligible for malarone on NHS prescriptions. This includes some people with serious underlying medical conditions.
Buying Malarone from Pharmacists
The price a person pays for Malarone tablets when they take their prescription to a chemist depends how much a pharmacy charges. High street prices can be very much higher than internet prices.
Some pharmacies will not split packs of tablets which means people can end up paying for 24 tablets when they only need 16. The extra cost here for unwanted malarone tablets would be in the region of £20.
Malarone prices on pharmacy websites are often stated as a price per tablet and this may vary from around £2.35 to £2.75 per tablet. This does not include the price of the essential private prescription. The price charged is at the discretion of the pharmacy. The profit pharmacies make is usually not great as the price the pharmacy pays per tablet to the manufacturer is usually around £2.10.
Cheap Malarone
Beware of offers of cheap Malarone. There is no such thing as generic Malarone only counterfeit or fake copies. These may be dangerous or ineffective. As malaria is a serious and potentially fatal condition people should avoid obtaining Malarone from sources where they cannot be sure the medicine is genuine. On the internet this means looking for pharmacy websites displaying the online pharmacy logo of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or for medical consultation websites registration with the Care Quality Commission.
Beware buying Malarone overseas
Genuine Malarone (Atovaquone/Proguanil) is not cheap anywhere in the world. There is unfortunately a massive trade in fake medicine. Malarone bought from unregulated sources is quite likely to be fake because the profits on fakes can be so great. The risks of travelling in a malaria area without proper malaria prevention are difficult to overstate.
