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Can I get Infliximab if I visit Australia from UK?
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I am looking into travelling Australia & New Zealand in the new year and am currently receiving infliximab for crohns, is it possible to get this over there & at what cost? -
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Dr Simon Easterbrook-Smith
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Infliximab is a listed medication on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) so it is available here (see http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/provider/pbs/drugs1/crohns.jsp ).
However (I guess?), as you are not an Australian citizen I doubt that you would be eligible for it under the PBS unless there is a Reciprocal Health Care Agreement between your country of citizenship (UK or another EU country?) and Australia (see the link above).
I suggest that you check both this and with your travel insurance and, if applicable, your private medical insurance people to see if they would fund it for you here.Report this post
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