Prescription qiestion

Barneysmom

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

I see that you have responded to my second point / paragraph, thank you for that. I'm sure it an was an oversight on your part, a non~deliberate omission.

Nevertheless the fact that you did elect not to respond to my first point confuses me - I'm sure a man of your moral standing would never selectively ignore my first much more important first point / paragraph.

Would you care to speak to my first point, these issues of (1) your disgraceful moral indifference in that the taxpayer is paying for the drugs you wilfully destroy by burning and (2) the chronic conditions you claim you have may not be of the chronic level you claim because you do not need the prescribed treatment, and that (3) by not adjusting your prescription with your GP you continue to abuse the NHS and the good taxpayers of the United Kingdom ?

Thanks Richie, I couldn't have written it as well as you have

People who do that must have a strange unfathomable reason for going to the doctors then not taking their medication.

Maybe it's that Munchausen thing or hypochondria or something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchausen_syndrome

bungle4by4

theres no taxpayers money wasted on drugs, the OP hasn't presented the scrip, so the drugs havent been ordered.

wasting the GP's time, however is a different matter. Personally it looks to me like the OP is claiming for something, and is too mean to even buy the pretend drugs his doc is daft enough to prescribe. and he's a little concerned that this will get out, and his fraud will be outed.

this is just my opinion

bungle4by4

just had a mooch through the OP's history, and he's got a brand new sofa, an ipod, Ipad and has booked the family on a trip to barcelona in june. and is thinking of buying all his Euro's early while the rate is high....

sorry, but this stinks of fraud to me. money worries my hairy a$$, more likely worried he's going to be found out.

seven-day-weekend

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

But why pick up prescriptions which other taxpayers are funding when you presumably feel you don't NEED that level of prescription?

I was shocked after my Dad died at the number of carrier bags of drugs I had to take back to the chemist for destruction. SUCH a waste.

Agree with Savvy Sue, it is an awful waste. MY m-i-l did this all the time, would go to the Dr complaining of this that and the other, get the medication, get home, say 'I'm not taking that!' and flush it all down the toilet. Then complain that her Dr was useless. She was not claiming any benefits for her health, so it was nothing to do with laying a paper trail, I don't know why she did it.

Don't collect them if you are not going to take them, although why you should feel you know better than your Doctor what medication you need, I really don't understand.

rotoguys

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

But why pick up prescriptions which other taxpayers are funding when you presumably feel you don't NEED that level of prescription?

I was shocked after my Dad died at the number of carrier bags of drugs I had to take back to the chemist for destruction. SUCH a waste.

Like your father, this is a very common event.
I have 3 carrier bags full of drugs which need to be destroyed.

Why do it? For a start the GP and the Consultants say that I need them. In part some of them are for life saving reasons.
If I went back to the doctor and told him that I think I don't need the level of drugs and type of drugs, what do you imagine he would say? He certainly wouldn't agree with me.

So to avoid that confrontation I obtain the drugs but don't take them. According to his records and that of the local pharmacy, for all intents and purposes I am doing as I am told.

As you yourself have found out, quite a lot of elderly people hoard drugs when in fact they should be taking them.

That is why I have to make sure that I re-order everything at the right time which indicates that according to the records will show that I am about to run out of them.

This practice happens in 1,000's of households that have elderly people living in them. When my grandfather died many many years ago, we too found all sorts of medicines and potions stuffed in the backs of cupboards. We all believed that he was taking them! At the time I thought it was crazy, but now I find that I am doing the same thing all these years later.

rotoguys

HOWMUCH wrote: »

This is incorrect, your surgery will not know if the prescription has been dispensed.
I have over 20 years experience in this field.

In years to come when electronic prescribing is in place then that may be different.

Electronic prescribing is in operation in my pharmacy. They have a direct link to the GP's surgery.

Savvy_Sue

bungle4by4 wrote: »

theres no taxpayers money wasted on drugs, the OP hasn't presented the scrip, so the drugs havent been ordered.

I think we're beginning to confuse the OP - gazpacho_uk - with rotoguys.

I'm confused in each case, but for different reasons.

gazpacho hasn't presented the scripts to his pharmacist, so in his case no drugs are being wasted, although why he carries on getting a script if he doesn't need them - and he says he can manage his chronic pain without - I cannot understand.

And rotoguys is exercising his free choice not to take certain drugs, but continues to get the scripts made up at regular intervals because his GP and consultant say he needs them. And then he destroys the drugs. No, I really don't get that one at all. Especially as it's costing ME money in taxes!

bungle4by4

thats right sue, i was talking about the OP, not rotoguys, who for some reason is just wasting a huge amount of money. My OH has a BNF here which has all the prices of the drugs in it. If rotoguys wants to know how much of my money he is burning every month i'll gladly look it up.

rotoguys

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

I see that you have responded to my second point / paragraph, thank you for that. I'm sure it an was an oversight on your part, a non~deliberate omission.

Nevertheless the fact that you did elect not to respond to my first point confuses me - I'm sure a man of your moral standing would never selectively ignore my first much more important first point / paragraph.

Would you care to speak to my first point, these issues of (1) your disgraceful moral indifference in that the taxpayer is paying for the drugs you wilfully destroy by burning and (2) the chronic conditions you claim you have may not be of the chronic level you claim because you do not need the prescribed treatment, and that (3) by not adjusting your prescription with your GP you continue to abuse the NHS and the good taxpayers of the United Kingdom ?

Oooooo!!! Someone got out of the wrong side of bed this morning didn't they!

Someone .. .. the taxpayer is paying for these drugs. Two parties in the thread claim chronic conditions and clearly both state they don't use / need the level of prescribed drugs yet continue to abuse the NHS / taxpayers of the United Kingdom.

1. Other than to tell the GP what I am doing, what else do you suggest I do? I have already covered the why's and whatfor's in a previous answer. I am fully aware of what I am doing thankyou - but the alternative is to have a blazing row with the GP who insists that I need these drugs for my health's sake. Of course I have questioned if I need take them - the answer was a clear YES I do!
The cost to the taxpayer is no different whether I take them or burn them. I presume you would suggest that I do not collect them from the pharmacy. Of course I could do that, but then how would I explain my actions to the GP when he found out? He could in all event - kick me off his list and that of the practice! Then where would I be. What I do is the simpler of the two possibilities - let him think I am taking them!

2. You have no idea what my medical conditions are and I do not propose to detail them on this site. Suffice it to say that if you did know you would be sh****ng a brick trying to get your head round it all.

3. I have answered this in 1 above. The GP would not hear of reducing or stopping the level of drugs I am supposed to be taking.

Happy now you pompous twit!

Richie-from-the-Boro

Its a given and public information that you have jack~booted your evangelical view of the moral misuse by posters in this group of disabled benefits awards. You have chosen to do this in any thread of your choosing, even totally unrelated threads, devaluing the threads by making them off topic and useless to the original poster.

You relentlessly do this to reinforce your own personal sanctimonious view that those in receipt of disability related benefits are overpaid whilst you yourself have both long arms deep in what you consider to be the 'disability trough'

That Roto is a very oily and slippery version of hypocritical.