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What my GP could and could not prescribe

Started 22 June 2026 · 11 replies · 63 hearts · read 775 times

MarenBremen, DE · 22 June 2026
4 weeks ago

What my GP could and could not prescribe — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in.

Regional question, because I have read a great deal of advice that turns out to be true in one country only.

Supply where I am has been unpredictable and I would like to know what other people locally have been told.

The language of the paperwork is part of my difficulty and I would like to know whether anybody has found a way round that.

Thank you for reading. Please do say where you are when you reply — it changes what the answer means.

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GusStirling, UK
#1

Coming back at two years to say it has been steady, that the supply problem passed, and that telehealth was the thing that made it workable.

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PetraFacilitatorMelbourne, Australia
#2

Facilitator note: supply situations change and this thread is dated. I am leaving it open so it can be updated rather than replaced.

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BodhiByron Bay, AU
#3

Supply was genuinely difficult for a stretch and my pharmacy managed it by telling me honestly and early, which was all I needed.

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TamarPlymouth, UK
#4

That is a very clear way of putting something I have never been able to put clearly.

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BevanSwansea, UK
#5

My GP was the whole of my care and it has been entirely adequate, which is not what I had expected from the accounts online.

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BronwenBarry, UK
#6

Bodhi has already said most of this and I want to add the one part that was different for me.

Something practical: the southern summer is my difficult season for storage and I plan around it rather than improvising.

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OttaviaBologna, IT
#7

The distances are the thing. My nearest specialist is a flight away and everything I have arranged reflects that.

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TavitaApia, WS
#8

I would say ask about the authority process specifically, because it was straightforward once somebody explained the sequence.

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DotFalmouth, UK
#9

My experience of the shortage period was that the pharmacies communicated much better than any official source did.

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PetraFacilitatorMelbourne, Australia
#10

Closing note: this stays linked from the circle landing page. If the process changes where you are, please do come back and update it.

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OzrenZagreb, HR
#11

What helped was building a buffer during the good periods, which meant the difficult stretch did not interrupt anything.

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