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Is GP allowed to stop life saving medication

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sgangpompey
sgangpompey

My daughter, who is an adult and living with me, has several disabilitating medical conditions, one of which is life threatening due to her adrenal glands not functioning   (Addisons disease). Have recently placed a repeat prescription ordered on-line which has come back refused by the Surgery at which she is registered. Is her GP allowed to do this and what do I do in the meantime.  

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  • mrsmop
    mrsmop sgangpompey

    Posted

    Has your daughter seen her GP recently?  This could just be a mistake on the part of the surgery, or it could be that your daughter hasn't been seen by one of the GPs recently and if she was to go in, he prescription would be restored to the repeat list.
  • SteV3
    SteV3 sgangpompey

    Posted

    Hi,

    Yes, by Law now any "Class" drugs require 2 signatures before any pharmacy can despense them. I'm on Class C drugs and each one should by Law on separate Prescriptions. This law was introduced a few months ago, and should effect all Pharmacies.

    You would need to contact the doctor and pharmacist so you can sign up-on collection. Two signatures are required by Law on the reverse of the prescription.

    Hope that helps.

    Regards,

    Les.

    • mrsmop
      mrsmop SteV3

      Posted

      That's interesting Les, does that apply to the whole of the UK, or just England?  [I'm in Wales and haven't had any problems yet!]
    • SteV3
      SteV3

      Posted

      Just a quick note...

      Her Doctor should be law put any different Class type medication on separate prescriptions. The law was changed about 2-3 months ago.

      Another thing is, you need to notify the Pharmacy on which day you will be picking them up. No pharmacy is supposed to stock Class medication now either, by law. This was done because many Pharmacies were being broken in to and Class drugs were being taken, not any other drugs.

      That's what idiots do for people like your daughter andx myself and many more people, they think of themselves and not lives of others. It was the only way they could stop the drugs from being stolen while held in pharmacies.

      Regards,

      Les.

    • SteV3
      SteV3 mrsmop

      Posted

      Hi,

      I'm not sure if it's just the UK or England, I'm not far from you on the border of Wales and England, just outside Gloucester.

      I was informed by my Pharmacist, she phoned me because I put a prescription in, to pick up later in the day. The trouble I had was 3 of my medications are Class C, and I have to sign prescriptions at the bottom a normal and in the little Blue Box towards the top on the left-hand side. Without the extra signature the pharmacy is in breach of the law without the other signature.

      She told me also to make sure your doctor, from now on prints only one class drug per prescription, otherwise we can by law reject it. I think that was due the amount they are allowed to carry, whereby they could give you one medication and no others.

      I'm not completely sure how it works myself, apart from what my Pharmacist told me.

    • linda83143l
      linda83143l mrsmop

      Posted

      Yes I have to double my sign my scripts as its classified medication x
    • SteV3
      SteV3 linda83143l

      Posted

      It seems to affect any Class A, B or C drug.

      From what I was told they are not allowed on repeat prescriptions - but that contradicts to what my Doctor did, I normally order online, but on the last 100 tablets I just asked for them over the phone, what makes this more ironic is I cannot order another Class C medication at the same time.

      Makes you wonder who makes these stupid laws up.

      Basically, I try to keep all medications at least in 3 months supply.

      So, my doctor gives me:

      100 x Class C drugs to be taken 3 times a day, hence 99 days.

      Yet my other one:

      56 x 1 Two to be taken at night = 28 days

      The maths goes out the window!!!!!

      Regards,

      Les.

  • EileenH
    EileenH sgangpompey

    Posted

    i assume you mean the prednisolone/hydrocortisone she takes for her adrenal deficiency? That isn't a classified drug but many practices have a policy of not handing it out on repeat prescriptions without regular review because of the long term side effects. The fact your daughter will need it for life may not have been flagged up to the computer and so you got an automatic "it's x months since this was monitored" or "this is a drug a patient has been on for more than ..."

    Ring your practice if you can't get in there. If you have run out of pred - and under the circumstances of your daughter being dependent in it you should always make sure you have a load in reserve - call 111 and explain the situation. The out of hours service could supply you with a bridging prescription. In an absolute emergency you could go to A&E but 111 should be enough to sort out a way of getting an emergency supply.

  • tiswas24537
    tiswas24537 sgangpompey

    Posted

    get intouch with the surgery theres obviously been a mix up . 

    he cant deny her drugs for a seroius condition without a very good reason and i would have thought he should have contacted you .

     

  • linda83143l
    linda83143l sgangpompey

    Posted

    Make an appointment and ask for the reason the drugs have been refused.

    Or ring them but its usually better face to face.

    If they have not seen your daughter for a while this could be the reason.

    Keep fighting if the drugs are life threatening without them.

    Good luck, keep posting xx

  • carol87667
    carol87667 sgangpompey

    Posted

    Hi Sgangpompey

                Your daugter URGENTLY needs to be in contact with her GP to sort this out

    I too suspect a mixup and the "6 months has passed and the GP is to review her" rule has come into play I hope she is not out of medication good luck and let us know how you get on

  • carol87667
    carol87667 sgangpompey

    Posted

    HI it is me again if your daughter is out of medication dial 111 NOW  and speak to

    some one 

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