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No stock of orlistat !!!!

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Gemini1977
Gemini1977

Hi everyone this is my first time on here.

As I can't get my prescription from any local

Chemists everyone is saying there is a problem

With the manafactuer. Has anybody else had the same

Problem.

Help xxx

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  • amanda001
    amanda001

    Posted

    @Fliss - it would be nice if we all got the same info wouldnt it, i dont know how many different stories ive been told now, sooooooooooooooooooo frustrating !

    x

  • fliss
    fliss

    Posted

    Yes your right amanda if we had just one honest and factual account and a definite date it would be so much easier.

    I got my prescription this time around about a month ago and by now if it had been in stock I would have started to see the pounds coming off ..

  • Taboo
    Taboo

    Posted

    Hi everyone just like Gemini 1977 this is my first time on here.

    I can't get my prescription from any local pharmacy. They are saying they don't know when or even if it will be available again.

    This is so frustrating as you just don't know and you desperately want the prescription filled.

    I really hope that when it is back, they will limit amounts to each person so as many as possible can benefit until they regain full stocks.

    Why can't they publish a regular update for all to see instead of so many diferent stories....arhhh !!!

  • fliss
    fliss

    Posted

    I have now left my prescription with my local Boots and they have told me they will phone as soon as it comes in.. she said that all the chemists are having the same problem getting it but at least if you leave your prescription with one of them you stand a chance of having it filled when/if new stocks arrive. rolleyes
  • Rockyrabbit
    Rockyrabbit

    Posted

    I'm in the same situation but luckily have a box or so in 'stock'. Was taking two not three per day. However as I was driving the other day I passed a chemist I hadn't seem before (a small independent branch) so I rang them and they said they had run out of the last two boxes only on Thursday. This got me thinking that there must be stock out there. After phoning approx 45 chemists I have located 4 boxes.
  • Taboo
    Taboo

    Posted

    Our Boots isn't letting you do that, I'll have to keep phoning for updates.

    Well done Rockyrabbit. That's great for you. Not so lucky in my area of Weston-super-Mare though.

    Wish it was, as am getting really down now - like lots of others I'm sure.

  • amanda001
    amanda001

    Posted

    @TABOO - no luck in clevedon either thats my area, have tried - nailsea, portishead, yatton, WSM, bristol even birmingham !!

    I give up !

    x

  • fender_gurl
    fender_gurl

    Posted

    Hi all, I have the exact same problem! I have called up every chemist i can find in west cumbria, have even called ones in suffolk where i used to live but no joy! I was just wondering if anybody knows, if i keep hold of the script can i still use it when it comes back into stock or will i need a new one? x
  • del1954
    del1954

    Posted

    my chemist said the prescription lasts for 6 months fender,after that you will need to get a new one,the way things are going we will all need to do thatsad
  • wayne2012
    wayne2012

    Posted

    Got a phone call off my chemist this morning telling me my prescription was ready was the uk generic orlistat but it just the same as the exenical
  • fliss
    fliss

    Posted

    Thats good news Wayne ..hopefully supplies are starting to get through again.. What area are you in Wayne?

    Im in Essex hopefully it will be countrywide soon..... rolleyes

  • amanda001
    amanda001

    Posted

    @wayne2012 - that's great news, i think it will end up being the generic one from now on from what i have read, but hey who care's as long as we can get it eh !!

    x

  • Rockyrabbit
    Rockyrabbit

    Posted

    What's the difference between the generic one and oralist at?
  • Rockyrabbit
    Rockyrabbit

    Posted

    Orlistat!!! Spell corrector!!!!
  • Oldbluser
    Oldbluser

    Posted

    Dont give them the satisfaction of rising to the bait.

    Mike

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