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Not 100% Happy With My Gp's Decision
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As a long time (10+ years) sufferer of type 2 diabetes and almost as long a sufferer of lower leg cellulitis (sp?) I have been on a cocktail of drugs for some time.
In February I had my blood test but, as usual it is simply to keep their records up to date as I only see a diabetes doctor/nurse annually unless I encounter any problems. This gave apparently gave a good, well controlled, set of results
My blood is checked every 6 months and everything has gone smoothly until last summer when after a particularly long spell of swollen and painful ankles I was put on anti-inflammatories on a daily basis. I was told by GP that the particular drug for this was known to have a gastro-intestinal side effect so another drug was issued.
This week I went for my repeat prescription and lo and behold another drug has been added - without any consultation - because one (or both) the two drugs are now known to put up blood pressure.
I am already on a hypertension drug which has been working perfectly well for years. And I'm now on up to 10 drugs daily with some needed twice a day. I don't walk I rattle!!!
I guess I should just accept doctors decision but it does seem now that for every drug we take we have to take an extra number to alleviate any side-effects.
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In February I had my blood test but, as usual it is simply to keep their records up to date as I only see a diabetes doctor/nurse annually unless I encounter any problems. This gave apparently gave a good, well controlled, set of results
My blood is checked every 6 months and everything has gone smoothly until last summer when after a particularly long spell of swollen and painful ankles I was put on anti-inflammatories on a daily basis. I was told by GP that the particular drug for this was known to have a gastro-intestinal side effect so another drug was issued.
This week I went for my repeat prescription and lo and behold another drug has been added - without any consultation - because one (or both) the two drugs are now known to put up blood pressure.
I am already on a hypertension drug which has been working perfectly well for years. And I'm now on up to 10 drugs daily with some needed twice a day. I don't walk I rattle!!!
I guess I should just accept doctors decision but it does seem now that for every drug we take we have to take an extra number to alleviate any side-effects.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I understand puternut. Could you not see a different doctor t talk over your concerns. Mine always seems to have pen poised over the prescription pad as I walk in. I'd love to go somewhere else but ours is only a small village practice and I live miles away from the next nearest one. I take quite a few pills and my OH calls me his wee junkie[one of his many terms of endearment] lol!
\\\This week I went for my repeat prescription and lo and behold another drug has been added - without any consultation - because one (or both) the two drugs are now known to put up blood pressure. \\\
One would hope that there would have been a good reason for this addition to your medication and i am sure that this is the case. However this should have been with consultation or at least explanation by your medical carer.
Return to the surgery and ask for an explanation as this, to me, once again, is an unacceptable level of health care in a world wide envied health system.
One would hope that there would have been a good reason for this addition to your medication and i am sure that this is the case. However this should have been with consultation or at least explanation by your medical carer.
Return to the surgery and ask for an explanation as this, to me, once again, is an unacceptable level of health care in a world wide envied health system.
Does your pharmacist not conduct an interview with you regularly to review the meds you are on? Our Boots store are excellent in doing this, if you collect your prescription from them. The pharmacist looks at all the medication and see if they are compatible together and also possible side effects. They have been known to find two different meds which should not be taken together and we went back to the GP on their recommendation.
The pharmacist who does my repeat prescriptions calls me in now and then for a little chat. Only when I happen to go into the pharmacy, not an appointment. He goes all through my pills with me and asks me if I know what they are for and how to take them. (He is very kind to a doddery old lady). If I ask him any questions he will answer them for me and I am sure your pharmacist will do the same for you. They are nearly as good as and sometimes better than, the doctor!!
Try and suss out a good pharmacist who can give you time to go through things. Once you understand more it might leave you better informed to speak to your Dr.
I have great communication with my GP and we often discuss there reasons for and against medication rather than just a here's a prescription, take this kind of thing. I take a lot of different meds for different things and they come from different places, GP, consultants etc... so I try to keep a good check.
There is a fantastic pharmacist in a local Boots who is the most helpful one I've met, brilliant for working out if I can take over the counter remedies with my meds etc... and when I went to get a methotrexate prescription the other day I was quizzed on when my last blood tests were, did I know how much to take, how often, the dangers to look out for etc... Great to have someone like that.
Things can be overlooked and mistakes made. I had a GP make a mistake on issuing a prescription for me for 5mg daily of a drug and I ended up with 50mg.
I have great communication with my GP and we often discuss there reasons for and against medication rather than just a here's a prescription, take this kind of thing. I take a lot of different meds for different things and they come from different places, GP, consultants etc... so I try to keep a good check.
There is a fantastic pharmacist in a local Boots who is the most helpful one I've met, brilliant for working out if I can take over the counter remedies with my meds etc... and when I went to get a methotrexate prescription the other day I was quizzed on when my last blood tests were, did I know how much to take, how often, the dangers to look out for etc... Great to have someone like that.
Things can be overlooked and mistakes made. I had a GP make a mistake on issuing a prescription for me for 5mg daily of a drug and I ended up with 50mg.
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