Hi,
We have come away from home for a week and we have forgotten my inhaler.
I have takes an allergy tablet and drank black coffee and I am still wheezing and cannot lay down as its hard to breath.
Is there anything I can do to help resolve this issue?
My suggestion would be to go straight to the nearest hospital & explain your dilemma.good luck
I am really only guessing here, but would a chemist ring your GP and issue one if they get confirmation about your meds. Or, is there one of those walk in centres near where you are where you can see a GP? There is also NHS direct you could try.
Lynne
as lnne said - go to any chemist, they will contact your doctor and get him to fax a prescription through.
it takes a bit of time but worth the wait.
Happened to me last year, my inhaler ran out and I had a bad session. Straight down to the nearest A&E, they put me on a nebuliser and gave me an inhaler to take with me.
If it's in surgery hours you could ring your own GP, tell them what the problem is and ask them to fax a prescription through. Probably useful to find a chemists first, get their details to give to the doctor.
Hopefully, by the time you've read these answers, you've resolved the problem anyway - I just spotted it's been 6 hours since you asked the question...
For future ref: this happened to me about 3 years ago and I had to buy one from a local chemist (£60 for symbicort!). Long story but was on my way to Scotland and could not hang around, otherwise chemist was going to get me set up as temp patient with local doc practice.
When I got back home and talked to my GP, he said that my best bet would have been to call the out of hours doc and get a prescription from him/her. He said that he spent quite a fair proportion of his out of hours time writing prescriptions for people who had run out/forgotten drugs, etc.
Hi Jamie
Would have said A & E myself. Lets us know how you got on. Enjoy you holiday.Marilyn x
I've been out to pick my step-daughter up from work, even parked the car in a disabled spot, now I have my badge 
It was on the radio that ASDA Pharmacies are now selling inhalers. I hadn't heard about it until tonight, so I've checked since I got back.
your.asda.com/news-and-blog...
Two 'blue' inhalers will cost £7 but the scheme is being monitored. Patients will only be allowed to buy two inhalers within an eight week period.
Bear in mind that getting Ventolin on prescription can cost £7.65 per item, so even if your GP puts two inhalers on one prescription, it is still cheaper to buy 2 for £7. Of course, those on pre-pay or free prescriptions wouldn't do that.
It's not so clear what happens if you run out and buy them, can you claim if back if you qualify for free prescriptions? - I don't think this particular scheme would allow for that. That means it's only useful if you are prepared to buy them if you need them.
The one thing that springs to mind, having read some of the comments, is that a lot of people say they wait until the inhaler runs out before they go to get a new one...??? Anyone with a need for Salbutamol would no doubt have it on repeat prescription. I know I do.
I tend to keep one with me at all times, so that means one in my jeans or trouser pocket, one in my dressing gown, one on the desk here with the other meds and a new one in my bag that I always take with me if I go out, just in case. When I pick up my repeat prescription I have usually started to use the ones from the previous issue, so I then have two new ones on hand, ready to replace whichever ones go first - usually the one from my trousers as I use that the most.
If we are going away then I make sure I pack a new one in the case. If we bring it back unopened then that's not a problem, it just goes back into the drawer again.
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