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...to expect the NHS to procure basic medicines?

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durhamjen Tue 25-Mar-14 17:19:49

Are you still registered as dentists, Jane?
I find out a lot of stuff about the NHS on the Pulse website which says it is for health professionals. You could probably sign up to it and find out the secret stuff that they do not want the rest of us to know.

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janeainsworth Tue 25-Mar-14 17:08:45

And the other thing was that when he tried to find out what was going on by googling 'drug shortages', he came upon a secret website that was accessible only to pharmaceutical professionals!

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FlicketyB Tue 25-Mar-14 17:02:54

... and the danger of adverse reactions to changes of medication and their interaction with other medications.

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janeainsworth Tue 25-Mar-14 16:57:47

He has got candesartan instead of the valsartan, waiting for dr to ring back about the other one.
There must be millions of people in this position, all causing extra work for the GP practices angry

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Tegan Tue 25-Mar-14 16:46:19

Could they get Diovan instead of valsartan?

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Aka Tue 25-Mar-14 16:39:08

No, not good enough. Whatever next?

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janeainsworth Tue 25-Mar-14 16:26:29

DH has had hypertension for the last 25 years and for the last few years has been in a combination of drugs that control it just about satisfactorily.
None of them are esoteric or expensive.
This week he tried to get a repeat prescription, only to be told by the pharmacist that two of them are 'out of stock'.
Not just out of stock at the local chemists, but completely out of stock over the whole country.
He had to go to the GP yesterday and get a prescription for something to replace the Valsartan, and ring the pharmacist to see if the co-amilozide is now in stock.
It isn't.
He's now on the phone to the doctor asking what he can have instead.
Is this good enough?

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