Nutriprem 2 ready made on prescription?

mary_hinge

brownbabygirl wrote: »

I apologise. I really did not mean to be rude or be a bully. Really. Some people are just sooooo rude and cannot take it back! As I have said, I am travelling also with sterilizing equipment etc. What is wrong with taking the easy option?

Nothing if it's your pocket thats funding it!

brownbabygirl

hahaha mary you are so funny! as i said it is available on the nhs in other areas and i may get it freeeeeee when i move. seriously i mean no harm with the laughing and sarcastic comments. i love you all really.

brownbabygirl

mary_hinge wrote: »

I am glad you have some milk availible to buy but please be aware not everything on ebay is genuine and I would think twice about buying prescription anything on ebay.

i know, i ditched the ebay idea over the weekend. my local pharmacy just put an order for 5 cartons for me at £1.89 each. should be here tomorrow. should be enough along with my expressing milk.

thegirlintheattic

I'm glad you changed your mind on e-bay. I would NEVER buy anything to consume on e-bay and would certainly not buy it for a baby.

Nicki

brownbabygirl wrote: »

..because i did not know about this option. it would have been great if you explained rather than assume i knew about it but did not want to do it. i am ok now.

but what difference does a private presciption make if i can get it over the counter? i genuinely want to know. i am a ittle naive about these things

Hmmm. I wasn't rude to you. This was my first post on the thread, and I suggested a solution. As for private prescription, this was because you had suggested and another poster had said outright that this milk was prescription only (as was the milk my DS was on). Had I known it was available over the counter, then I'd have been even more perplexed as to why you wouldn't just have asked the pharmacist to get you some in and paid for it.

As for why liquid is available on the drug tarrif, my understanding is because it is slightly different to the powder, and some babies with acute digestive problems need the liquid, as otherwise the powder made into liquid doesn't pass through their bowels and they become impacted. It isn't intended to be for general use, which is why most GPs won't prescribe it for a social rather than a medical reason.

Use of NHS resources is political I am afraid whether you see it as so or not. There are loads of people trying to scam cosmetic procedures, free early antenatal scans, or medications they aren't entitled to, which cost the NHS a fortune and mean there is less money to provide such things for those who genuinely need them. If you have a look at some posts on this forum over the last week, you'll find 2 out of 3 of the scenarios inquired about, and the third probably in the last month.

brownbabygirl

Nicki wrote: »

Had I known it was available over the counter, then I'd have been even more perplexed as to why you wouldn't just have asked the pharmacist to get you some in and paid for it.

I was not aware i could simply order it myself if the doc said no. now i know and now getting some in. thx

LoobylouSG

I have come across this thread whilst looking for help on taking nutriprem liquid cartons abroad and just wanted to add my experience.

My daughter was 8 weeks early and discharged from hospital On nutriprem 2 the liquid form due to constipation. The consultant advised that the powdered form can make a baby already suffering with constipation worse.. I never asked for this.

I was only able to express a tiny amount of breast milk for a few days and was told by the breast feeding nurse that this is very likely because my daughter was born 8 weeks early by emergency c-section. She therefore had to be put on special milk as I could not feed her myself. Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to express milk and I know the stress and worry of your baby being in intensive/ special care as well as not being able to hold your baby because they are hooked up to machines doesn't help with your breast milk coming through. As a mom to a prem baby I know very well that you feel inadequate enough without people telling you to breast feed because it's free - sometimes it is just not possible.

I was also told that the powdered form is not as hygienic - something to do with it not being made in the same conditions as the liquid form which is sterile and sealed.

I just want to add that I have worked full time since I was 16 and have never had anything for free before. Prem babies on this milk are on it because they have been very poorly and as children are entitled to free prescriptions - if the liquid form is what is best then so be it they shouldn't be begrudged it. I have a sister in law who has diabetes and because of that she gets ALL prescriptions for free even paracetemol - how is that more acceptable?

Convenient or not the liquid form I am told is best.

is now 17 weeks and remains on the liquid nutriprem 2.