Paracetamol costs have jumped up to 30% due to Iran war, pharmacies warn
Chemists in England are also charging customers 20-30% more for common hay fever treatment compared with February
The war in Iran has pushed up the price of widely used medicines in England, including painkillers and hay fever medication, leading pharmacists have warned.
Community chemists are charging customers 20-30% more for paracetamol than they did in February, according to the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), and many have run out of certain strengths of aspirin and co-codamol.
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