Can a pharmacist get a prescription stopped on request ? I would have thought that, should a pharmacist have any concerns regarding quantity, that they would have to at least discuss this with the GP that requested that frequency and signed the prescription (?)
You have done this, time and time over, for you, for your mum, for your daughter.
It is turning into something of a cyclical trial where you are forced to justify your need for B12 - mainly, I suspect, because the appropriate tests were not given to you at the appropriate time. You are stuck in what Martyn Hooper calls "purgatory": without a firm diagnosis, without explanation for your B12 deficiency.
Stress (especially unnecessary stress over which you have no control) must be the worst culprit for depletion of B12. B12 is the only treatment you have been given to control all of your symptoms, without offering any further investigations.
If they choose to remove the treatment, what are they going to do about your worsening symptoms : ignore them completely ?
I'm wishing really hard that you get a GP who sees and hears you, who is not resistant to learning and prides themselves on their investigative abilities.
Too much to ask ? No. Time someone took the weight off your shoulders now.
It was a pharmacist who removed my B12…had to write a stinker of a letter to the Practice Manager threatening hell and damnation…he rang me up with an ‘almost’ apology, said he’d spoken to a Haematologist who said I should be allowed 1 every 12 weeks not the 8 weekly I was on, I took that as a win then changed surgeries.
keep the faith !! I know it’s an uphill battle but hopefully you will find somebody that listens AND took notice of the 5 minute B12 lecture in training !!
This video by the person who started Club B12 says that nutrition and B12 is no longer on the curriculum. There is a tragic story discussed in the video.
Thank you for this video. Awfully sad personal story. Apalling that nutrition and B12 has not been in medical students training for past 10 years. Heaven help us all!
I wondered if Tracey Whitty of B12 Info.com (formerly B12 Deficiency Info) would be interested in blogging about your story. It's ridiculous that you're going through this again and again.
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