I have just been refused medical exemption for f... - MPN Voice
I have just been refused medical exemption for free prescriptions again. Really not up for a fight at the moment. Any tips?
Hi,
did you copy the information you can get here,regarding the WHOs statement about MPDs?
Just do so, and give it to your doctor/s, he or she can't really say no...but I understand that you need your energy for other things.
Does anyone come with you to the doc?They might have to help you to be a bit 'determined'.
Hope it works out for you soon.
ML
Hello Tjaygrant, if you are being prescribed medication for your MPD then you are entitled to an exemption certificate, can you tell me what your GP or haematologist has said to you as to why they are refusing to sign the FP92A. I will get this sorted out for you, you can private message me if you prefer or email me at maz.cd@mpdvoice.org.uk. Kind regards, Maz
I just dropped the form off at reception and got a letter today from reception saying that the doctor refused to sign it as I didn't qualify. I don't even know which doctor it is. This doesn't surprise me. When I said about having painful legs one of my doctors said " perhaps you have a virus". I all but stopped bothering to go then.
I am pretty sure the reclassification from MPD to MPN is the key here. Neoplasm making it under the heading off cancer! Therefore all meds are free. I have never paid for any meds .
My haematologist told me that having ET gave me the right to free prescriptions, but I'm over 60 anyway so already get them. Try asking the haematologist not the GP to sign.
Thank you all for your replies and a massive thanks to Mazcd for her support. Contacted a different Doctor in the same surgery and he couldn't understand why I didn't have it years ago. It was worth questioning them.
I don't understand how or why doctors are refusing to sign MEC for PV or ET sufferers at all. My understanding is that any patient who relies on a lifetime prescription for a condition, is qualified to get a MEC. I cite epilepsy, asthma, and hormone therapy as examples; none of which are cancers.
I had cancer - testicular - in 2000/2001. The cancer was completely cured, but I needed testosterone therapy afterwards due to the cancer, surgery, and radiation therapy affecting my natural testosterone production. I got a MEC on the grounds that I needed the therapy for life, and "not" because I had cancer. The cancer had nothing to do with the decision to authorise the MEC.
This has more to do with GP and specialist awareness of guidelines more than anything. Education and staying current and updated on medical policy and practice is what is lacking in my humble opinion.
Regards,
Craig
Hi Craig,
I don't believe you get a MEC for asthma. In fact there is only a short list of things you do get them for. Fewer than 10 conditions if I'm correct. In fact I have a friend on warfarin due to a serious heart condition and he still has to pay.
