ibuy pharmacy offers a full mail-order prescription service. You will find our service to be:
- Extremely convenient.
- Prompt, accurate and reliable.
- In most cases, savings on your non Government funded prescription medicines.
- All prescriptions are dispensed on premise from Uni-Health Pharmacy, a New Zealand licensed pharmacy situated at Foodtown Complex, 10 Barrys Point Road, Takapuna, Auckland.
- All prescriptions dispensed will be checked by the duty pharmacist before dispatch.
- We will not dispense Controlled Drugs and medicines liable for abuse.
- You will need to supply an email address and/or telephone number so that we can contact you and discuss your prescription with you if necessary.
- We can not courier your medicines out to you until we have received the the original prescription.
- Please post original prescription to:
ibuy pharmacy
c/o Foodtown Complex
10 Barrys Point Road
Takapuna
Auckland
Prescription Charges
You can enjoy the convenience of our full mail-order prescription service with the same prescription charges as your local pharmacy.
Most of the medicines available to New Zealand citizens and residents are fully subsidised by the Government. For these, the only charge to you will be the full cost of the medicine or the Government prescription charge (usually the lower of the two), with the Government picking up the rest of the cost of the medicine.
The Government prescription charge or co-payment for a fully subsidised medicine ranges up to $15, but might be less depending on:
- what the prescription is for.
- the age of the patient (children under 6 years old are free for fully subsidised medicines).
- whether you hold a Community Services Card (CS), a High User Card (HUHC) or a Prescription Subsidy Card (PS).
- whether you belong to a Primary Health Organisation (PHO).
The following table details how much you should expect to pay for your prescription:
Patient's Health Card
|
Qualifier Maximum |
Charge |
| |
Adult |
$15 |
| No Card |
Child 6 years or over |
$10 |
| |
Child under 6 |
$0 |
| Community Services Card |
No other card |
$3 |
| High User Health Card |
No other card |
$3 |
| Belongs to a PHO |
No other card |
$3 |
| |
Without a Community Services Card |
$2 |
| Prescription Subsidy Card |
With a Community Services Card |
$0 |
| |
Belongs to a PHO |
$0 |
For partly subsidised medicines, in addition to patient co-payment, you might also have to pay the Manufacturer's Surcharge, which is made up of the difference between the agreed level of Government subsidy and the manufacturer's price, plus a pharmacy mark-up.
For non subsidised medicines please email us at enquiry@ibuypharmacy.co.nz for a price quote.