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Acapella device on prescription?

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janet24
janet24

Sorry if this question has been asked before but has anyone obtained an acapella via a GPs prescription? 

My position at the moment is that my respiratory consultant and two respiratory practitioners have written to my GP and requested he prescribe it for me. When I asked the receptionist if the prescription had been done I was told that he said...he'd never heard of it so wouldn't prescribe it. 

Anyone been successful? 

 

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    Susanne_M_UK janet24

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    My GP was happy to prescribe it on the advice of a private physiotherapist I saw for a session on breathing techniques (it wasn't offered to me on the NHS) when I was diagnosed.

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