No more state medicines in Balearic Islands as debt is unsustainable

Pharmacists in the Balearic Islands have announced that patients must now pay for their prescription medicines up front and individually ask the regional government for their money back, after the debt owed to the pharmacists by the regional health service became “unsustainable”. The pharmacists guild say that they are owed over 90 million euros by the state system, and that the regional government has missed deadlines in paying the back debts. They say that they Continue reading No more state medicines in Balearic Islands as debt is unsustainable

Almond oil

The gf buys almond oil, by the litre. I don’t know, something to do with hair. Anyway, the pharmacist has informed us that as from Jan, the stuff will only be sold in 100ml jars, not litres. Poison control and terrorist controls, it seems. He was a little vague on the specifics. Almond oil? A terrorist weapon? Come on.