DESPITE protestations by pharmacists that they have not been responsible for the price hikes of products containing codeine (PD Friday), Chronic Pain Australia national president Dr Coralie Wales has said the organisation "is disappointed about recent reports of pharmacies across Australia increasing the price of codeine-based medications since the 01 Feb up-scheduling".
Wales also supported the Health Minister Greg Hunt's instructions to the ACCC to investigate price increases to codeine medications, saying there was no reason for the costs of these products to increase.
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