Pharmacy turned me away...

Sezeelson
Sezeelson Member Posts: 133
edited 7. Jan 2014, 10:00 in Living with Arthritis archive
They are worried about my use of Nurofen plus (Nurofen and Codeine) and have decided to stop serving me! :oops: Very embarrassing!

I keep boxes spare, I usually have 2 tablets in the morning to help me get out of bed and feed the dogs. My use isn't excessive, although there have been times in the past but getting to my Dr isn't always easy for me!

I do like that they were paying attention to their customers though, and may be the best thing if I was abusing them. Still really embarrassing though!?!

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  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi
    My pharmacy stopped my epilepsy tablets once.....that is serious.....not just my pain killers or anti inflamms.I checked with them and they said you aren't due any yet. Embarrasing....very.....they were short of some of those the last time and I was supposed to pick them up but forgot....so they were still there :oops:
    Love
    Hileena
  • Kittkat
    Kittkat Member Posts: 309
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh no! I worry about this! You need them though so what can you do don't be embarrassed.
    How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Embarassing, yes but, as you recognise, that the sign of as good pharmacy.

    Have you asked what facilities there are for repeat prescriptions? Apart from my methotrexate, I can phone in repeat prescription requests to the pharmacy, they order them from the doc, collect the prescription and make it up. They also deliver if required. I think many pharmacies do that now.
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I think your pharmacy acted correctly. When my mother died I found an enormous stash of pain relief tablets which had to be returned to the chemist for disposal, what an utter waste of the NHS' money. You say you are not taking too many so don't be afraid to use up your stock - check the use-by dates though. I had to return twenty tramadols to my chemist because they were two years out of date; I won't let that happen again. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    It can be embarrassing! Our local pharmacy stopped serving my husband Paracetamol because he had more than 4 boxes in a month and they had a record that he has Kidney problems! It's amazing how they have details of your medical history I didn't know that!! He needed the paracetamol for a little strain he had in his left thigh, he had twinged it at work! He had brought 2 packs and forgot he had one pack left and when't and brought another 2 packs! OH brain freeze!!
  • ouchpotato
    ouchpotato Member Posts: 453
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    And yet, when I was in a certain shop which doesn't charge more than a pound for anything in there, they had an offer of 3 boxes of paracetamol for a pound. The woman in front of me bought 9 boxes in one go!!! I would have said something but I was in so much pain that day that I just wanted to get in get out and get home!
  • Sezeelson
    Sezeelson Member Posts: 133
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    In my area, I literally have 7 pharmacies near by so I can just go somewhere else :)

    I don't stock up that much, usually 2/3 boxes spare in case I have a bad flare up and can't get out the house or my sister nicks some! I do like that they were paying attention though :)

    I used to be on neproxin, it made me so tired though.. I was useless to anyone and walking my dog was becoming a real issue which is why I just had to stop. I can deal with pain far better then chronic fatigue.

    I'm going to my GP this week for a blood test so I'm going to talk to her again about something else to help with the pain.

    9 boxes of paracetamol!?! :0 but you can actually kill your self with that!! Just insane! I know you can only by 2 boxes of Nurofen from super markets, I buy the tub of 96 tablets from the pharmacy :) usually lasts me a while!

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