So this happened recently.
I'm going about my business, cheerful, polite. Go to pharmacy to collect the rest of my medicene as I had 24 tablets and the rest owing. I called them and was told I'd already collected them at end of august. I hadn't. I was using the first batch and had just finished it. I went in to double check with them, still cheerful, still polite, and was spoken to as if I was utter sh*t basically. Told I brought the 'wrong box' in to show them, and 'why' did I, implying I did it on purpose or to try and pull the wool over their eyes!!!!
It's a controlled drug so she refused to offer an emergency supply, suggested I go to my surgery to sort it out. Even the young assistant looked up, as all surgeries were closed by then. When I explained that she then went onto say I should have come in earlier, I said I called her at mid day and she said I'd already been given the tablets so I had to wait for the surgery to return a response to me, which they did before they closed. And on, and on, but it was the rudeness that was the problem, rather than sorting out the medication.
So I didn't get it. I called 111 and some condescending male doctor (and I'm NOT one of those women ready to slate men, least of all doctors as I've had lovely doctors over the years) told me he couldn't prescribe a controlled drug and that I have been told that before (I think the chastising was unnecessary especially as I'd spoken politely, always do, and had said that a pharmacist had been quite rude earlier, so I was still upset from that)
Ok, so then I remembered I had tried once before, but I couldn't understand it then and was way too busy that day to commit such information to memory. After all, if you need medicene it's prescribed by a doctor right? So why would most people remember what a doctor can and cannot prescribe? Also another reason for not committing that to memory (aside from it's not my paid job) was because the doctor said a pharmacist that knows you can do it, so I went to a pharmacist that knew me and she said the doctor hadn't made any sense saying they cannot prescribe. So I just assumed the doctor didn't want to do it, they sounded very young anyway.
So apparently they can't prescribe controlled drugs, so, it seems if you are completely out of a controlled drug, out of hours, and it's dangerous to stop that drug suddenly, you are NOT going to receive any help from any NHS establishment in the UK. I imagine if the withdrawal effects are potentially fatal, then you will just die or survive until you can see your GP next.
That is what I've been told. (and as I've also been told below, no one is going to lie to me, so I must accept this)
I attempted to clarify the truth with a receptionist the next day and she said 'well the doctor isn't going to lie to you.' Yet they (receptionists, pharmacists, not all but a lot) are looking at us as if we are liars and junkies all the time. Now I'm not supposed to clarity, question, think for myself? Sorry, I'm still going to be looking into this when I have time.
Anyway, yesterday was spent driving across town to collect medicene that's not available where I live. Some pharmacists will give a generic version (and in the past often did, it was commonplace), but now SOME refuse to do that, others will do it. How confusing, especially when both sets know you and know you are on that medicene.
Today I race against the clock to do yesterday's work AND today's because lost yesterday.
The whole thing has so much unnecessary anger, rudeness, criticism, etc, and not from me (only now, reflecting on it)
