I saw this headline and thought of those on the forum who source meds from abroad:
news.sky.com/story/pharmaci...
I won't pass comment on Brexit, however if pharmacists feel a need to stockpile, it may be wise to make sure you have a supply to last a few months for the transition period after we leave as well.
It's not just pharmacies, the NHS is building up huge stockpiles because it relies on a massive number of weekly imports.
I have been worrying about what will happen even to Levo. If I will be able to get the brand I use. Crazy. If I were using T3 or NDT and sourcing it from aboard I would be looking to stockpile around 12 months supply myself.
My business is importing/selling. The import system is going to be hammered. Nobody in authority has a clue what they are doing over this. There are no plans to secure imports, only threats to remove us from the EU wide VAT system and the threats of trade tariffs from the US. The supply chain of everything will go into meltdown for an unspecified time.
I don't even know how you can go about asking your doctor for a bigger prescription, but if anyone is able to, I think that would be worth a try! I do hope it all just turns out to be panic over nothing.
Most people using T3 or NDT are buying their own I suspect. I do get Levo from the GP and from my private HRT doctor, so I will be assembling a reserve supply. Plus the pharmacy keeps my brand in stock for me, which is great.
It isn't going to be a panic over nothing. As I said, I import stock from the USA, sell in the UK and into Europe so I know how it works. It's complex and no one is trying to work out how to handle it because there still isn't an actual plan.
Some people have recently started scoffing about the fears of business over what's coming, citing the Millennium bug, which to them seemed to be a massive panic and then nothing happened so they are thinking this will be the same. However the Millennium bug had been approaching predictably for decades and software engineers the world over worked ridiculously hard to ensure it didn't cripple us. I know because my husband was responsible for keeping some of BP's servers working. He and a big team of contractors worked on that tiny part of the world's problem with the bug for several years to make sure it worked. On NYE that year he and just about every other software engineer in the world was on call. Airplanes in the sky had to be flown manually as autopilot couldn't be trusted. As the clock ticked over and the lights stayed on there was a collective sigh. Sadly nothing like this is being done for March next year. Nothing because the goal posts are wobbling around like a drunk at a Christmas party.
I think you'll find that there was a (possibly) paradoxical enhancement of reliability around the millennium. Lots and lots of other issues were found and fixed during the fixing of the Y2K issues. I suspect some things were properly tested for the first time.
Exactly. That's why I said engineers were working on it for years. Sorting out historic issues, testing, switching to better ways of handling services etc. It wasn't just about dealing with the number.
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