If you need to take non-prescription medicines in addition to your prescription medicines, you may find the following list useful. It details what ‘Over the Counter’ items are covered by most prescription schemes. So if you require a cough bottle or extra pain relief, you may be able to request that your doctor add them to your prescription! Simply discuss the need at your next visit to your GP.

The following list is not exhaustive and subject to change.   Ask your local Unicarepharmacy pharmacist if you wish to find out about a product that is not on this list.

Pain Relief:

• Solpadeine Capsules
• Maxilief Soluble
• Paracetemol Tablets
• Ibuprofen Tablets
• Pain Relieving Gels (Volterol/Feldene)

Stomach Upsets:

• Gaviscon
• Acidex
• Maalox Liquid
• Motilium Tablets
• Immodium Capsules
• Fybogel
• Duphalac
• Normacol
• Dioralyte Sachets
• Colpermin Capsules
• Vitamins & Nutritional Supplements:
• Ferrograd Folic Tablets
• Ferrograd Tablets
• Galfer & Galfer FA
• Clonfolic Tablets
• Calcichew
• Ensure & Ensure Plus
• Fortisip

Allergies:

• Beconase
• Flixonase
• Zirtek
• Zirpine
• Cromoglycate Drops (Vividrin/Opticrom)
• Eurax Hydrocortisone Cream 1%
• Alomide drops

Coughs:

• Exputex
• Pulmoclase
• Viscolex
• Fungal Infections & Thrush:
• Daktarin Cream, Powder & Oral Gel
• Lamisil Cream
• Canesten Cream & Pessaries

Eye Drops & Gels:

• Artelac
• Liquifilm Tears
• Tears Naturale
• Geltears
• Lacri Lube
• Vidisic Gel

Children’s:

• Baby Haler Spacer Device
• Vermox
• Derbac M

If there is a product here that you use regularly, ask your doctor to add it to your prescription and your Unicarepharmacy pharmacist will dispense it under the appropriate medicines scheme.

If there is a non-prescription product not on this list that you use regularly, speak to your pharmacist about whether it is covered on your prescription scheme.

To download our information leaflet about this area, click here:

DPS leaflet