B12 order

[WWWJAN]

Just thought I'd post this info,....All suppliers I tried today were out of the Panpharma b12 Depot ( Hydroxocobalamin ) so, I've ordered Panpharma Cynocobalamin from Apohealth .I was amazed how easy it was to pay them with PayPal plus delivery was only €4.22.....it quoted 3-5days delivery.....fingers crossed order and delivery go through with no hitches....I will post again when I receive my order.

[OldmanD]

It should be easy. . . . . . The days of awkward software are or should be a thing of the past. . . . . Well done

[wedgewood]

Well Cynocobalamin should work .fine . Maybe you will need to inject more often . But it needs to be avoided if you have an eye problem called Lebers. A maternally -inherited eye disease .

[Bellabab]

They have these in stock which are a good substitute

apohealth.de/en/products/vi...

[Blod424 in reply to Bellabab]

Thanks for this link. I will try to order some this week. If you have ordered some to the UK can you let us know how it went. I am trying to get as many options for obtaining this as possible. Thanks

[Bellabab in reply to Blod424]

I order from them regularly and there have been no problems at all.

[WWWJAN in reply to Blod424]

I ordered from Apohealth on Monday 19th Feb and I have just had an email from Royal Mail to say they have my package and will deliver it tomorrow Saturday 24th Feb . I'm amazed at only 5 days delivery from Germany.....I will post again to confirm once I received my package another bonus is postage was only €4.22

[OldmanD in reply to WWWJAN]

About half my stuff comes from apohealth either direct or via amazon which in effect is direct as it is apohealth who dispatch it anyhow. . . . . So far I have no bad words about them. . . . . . Good products and excellent service . . . . . . I have in my basket just now B6 25mg 100x2ml at 63.55euro and Zentiva B12 Cyano 100ug 1ml at 52.63euro postage will be 3 euro to Ireland. . . . . Good company properly reg in Germany. . . .

[Blod424]

I will be interested to hear how you get on.

My GP surgery is asking patients to bring back any spare ampoules they have. I do not have any spare to give back.

I used to be able to order my prescription online via my GP practice’s online repeat prescription service, and collect from the pharmacy drop box a few days later. This was introduced during the pandemic to decrease footfall at the surgery and has been a really good idea. It was also a bonus as it made SI very easy. I also live in Wales where prescriptions are free of charge.

But my last repeat prescription request was rejected

On phoning to enquire why, I was told that I can no longer get these on repeat prescription and they are now kept at the Practice Nurse’s office, and I have to make an appointment every three months to get my injection.

I had my appointment for my injection yesterday, and the nurse said they are asking everyone to bring in their spare ampules so that they can keep a stock in the Practice Nurses office.

I said I didn’t have any left to give back, which is why I had tried to order more online, but was rejected. She told me that they will not be offering them as a prescription anymore.

Patients will have to make a 3 monthly appointment to get their injections which will be stocked at the surgery. I asked if the appointments could be more frequent and she said No as the NICE guidelines state every three months.

I said OK, Fine and left as I did not have the energy to argue about this again.

I think they are asking for the ampoules back as there are shortages, as there are with a lot of medicines at present. 😡

[newlandvale in reply to Blod424]

Medicines leaving a pharmacy/surgery should NEVER be re-used. May have been stored incorrectly.

[Blod424 in reply to newlandvale]

Agreed, but that is what is happening at my surgery.

In my experience, it is pointless trying to argue with them about ANYTHING to do with PA, B12 etc as they don’t care, refuse to listen or engage, and their rules are the rules.

End of.

It’s hugely frustrating, but any type of polite questioning of said rules gets you flagged as a “vexatious” patient. 😡