Repeat prescriptions:
So I’ve been having issues for a while with the dispensary at my GP. Online it says to order 5-7 days before you run out of your repeat prescription however I’m ending up in arguments with the dispensary woman over every medication I have every month.
One of my medications is a schedule 5 controlled drug (Zapain), this one I can kind of get being treated the way it is but I feel like I get treated like I’m an active drug user because of it? So last month I ran out of my medication over a bank holiday because my GP would not issue an early request at all. I can order my Zapain every 23-24 days which gives me a 1-2 day timeframe for the doctors to process it and for the pharmacy to action it. For added info I have enough tablets to last me roughly 25 days, which ultimately always ends in me not having any medication for days and then rushing around to get to the pharmacy to pick my tablets up?
I had to end up changing pharmacies as the one I’m at now has a quicker turn over than my last one but its very far from me and i rely on my partner or dad to pick them up for me.
The other medications I’m on are not controlled but are treated kind of the same but not so harshly. I’m still given a 1-2 day timeframe for everything to be actioned by all involved and almost always run out of medication because I don’t have a stockpile to rely on whatsoever.
Is this normal for everyone else? Can I argue it with my GP? I think I could understand more if I was on a Schedule 1 or 2 drug and like I said my other medications are not controlled by any means so I don’t understand why the dispensary lady argues with me every month. Perhaps she doesn’t like me?
I just don’t want to be going through this every month, it fills me with so much anxiety. I’ve debated trying to come off all my medications but I need them for chronic anxiety and endometriosis…