I was just doing my weekly chore of putting my tablets into the daily dose box, so I have a weeks supply in the box, and two weeks in the cupboard is this about the Normal. I will re order next week so I will normally have a weeks left before I collect from the chemists. Just wondering what others do.
Regards
Normally a couple of months in stock due to the various supply problems on lots of drugs over the past few months and Brexit. Before that, a months’ supply as a minimum. X
I sort out my tablets for the week on a Friday morning. After I've done them for the week, once I'm down to 7 days left (so 14 days in total) go into PatientAccess to order another 28 days supply, which the GP normally approves the same day, and then walk up the pharmacy on Monday to collect.
Mine comes as a slightly less than two month amount, two separate boxes each containing 28 days per. I no longer have to reorder - Boots writes the date I should pick-up the next refill on the outside of the bag and I go in on that date to find my little white sack waiting for me.
My daily dose box came as a compact heavy clear plastic container holding seven 3-compartment snap close trays. I put the daily morning meds (one 1.25mg Bisoprolol+one 300mg aspirin) in the top and bottom compartment of and two 300mg aspirin (doctor approved pain relief if needed) in the centre compartment - thus giving me a two week set-up in the container. Every Sunday I move the bottom compartment of each tray up to the top compartment, refill the centre one if I've used those aspirin, and refill the bottom compartment so my two week supply stays set-up.
It gives me (and the cardiac nurse) an instant update on how many pain relief aspirin I've taken, and if I've remembered to take my morning meds when I should. Very helpful to me as 'Bisoprolol brain' does sometimes have me checking the day top compartment to see if I've remembered to take my pills that morning - there have been a few times I check the container and discover, whoops, I've forgot my morning meds!
My system also keeps me from overdosing on the aspirin - if that centre compartment is already empty on any given day, I know I've had all I can have of pain relief for that day and it's time for me to 'soldier on' instead.
The chemist and the surgery control the repeat prescription rota - in our case it is a month and in no way can anything be re ordered within this period. At the beginning of the fourth week we submit online for a repeat, which is collected at the chemist (attached to the surgery) towards the end of that week. Never been a problem unless the prescription goes missing, doctor not signed or a review necessary which is a pain when the medication is critical - but in general it works - so one month
Hi
It depends on your GP surgery some do 2 weeks some 4 and some 8 weeks .
I am lucky that mine is 8 weekly
however I do have three months in advance due to a mix up by them.
Due to this fear about the Virus thay do recommend 4 weeks meds so you could run this pass your GP.
I just saw this advice on the BBC News app
Prof Peter Openshaw, from Imperial College London, says people should plan to have at least four weeks' supply of medicine.
We aren't allowed to order repeats early enough to keep 4 weeks supply so wouldn't work for me.
Perhaps discuss with your Practice Manager as it’s expert guidance.
I'm on Bisoprolol 1.25mg. When it was first prescribed my doctor put me on for a two month supply. At the time I didn't think much about it but now I'm very glad she was so foresighted as to do that!
I order my repeat prescription online.
I can order 2 months supply.
I have a 2 month extra supply this is due to problems in the past about the supply of one of my medications.
This was arranged through my GP and Cardiologist.
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