People who are exempt from prescription charges should obtain their treatment in this way. For those who do pay for prescriptions, the situation is more complex. Whether it will be cheaper to obtain those medicines using a private prescription, or by NHS prescription will vary from case to case. The pharmacist can advise on this. The remedies come in three forms - solutions, powders and tablets, the only difference between them being the convenience factor.
Tablets are the most popular, and are the easiest to handle.
The remedies should not be touched by hand, so the tablet should be tipped in to the bottle top and then put in to the mouth. Some homoeopathic pills now come in convenient dispensers, which makes this easy. The remedies should be sucked, at least for a couple of minutes, before chewing and swallowing. The documents contained in this web site are presented for information purposes only. The material is in no way intended to replace professional medical care or attention by a qualified practitioner.