[PHARMS] Prescription meds discussion

[Marmalade]

Knock: fine tune this thread and title to whatever you think is best. I've been wanting to start one for a while cos I have some questions about statins and other stuff to ask, that I know some people have experiences with (Allein springs to mind)

Just wanted to put this article here rather than in the news thread where it possibly might be missed as it could be relevant to a fair few folks. I've definitely been pushing my GP for specific changes and additional meds when dealing with scripts for myself and my dad, with a few successes. Always best to do your research really thoroughly first about the particular meds you want, or ones you think need changing for a different type, before going for it though.

NHS patients 'should be more pushy to get drugs'

Prof David Haslam, chairman of Nice, says the British should be more like Americans, who tend to be less deferential
David Haslam says patients need to see themselves as 'equal partners' to get the treatment they need​

British patients should adopt more "pushy" American attitudes with their doctors to get drugs they are entitled to, the head of the NHS rationing body has said.

Prof David Haslam, chairman of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (Nice), said that patients need to see themselves as "equal partners" with doctors to get the treatment they need.

And he explained that after working as a doctor near an US air force base in Cambridgeshire, he noticed that American patients had a less deferential approach than local residents.

"Americans tended to want to know more about their treatment than the British who tend to be much more 'thank you doctor, I will take that'," he told the Daily Telegraph.

Earlier this week a government report found that a third of patients with kidney cancer and one in three motor neurone disease sufferers are not receiving the drugs they need.

Health experts warned that the research by the Health and Social Care Information Centre had exposed an "endemic and disastrous postcode lottery" of care within the health service.

Prof Haslam said an investigation was under way to uncover why so many patients are not being prescribed medications .

But he explained that patients should demand the drugs they need and only be refused Nice-approved drugs if they are unsuitable

He said that, although he was not suggesting that patients should be confrontational, he wanted them to tell doctors if they think they are missing out on treatments which could help them.

He said: "When products have been approved for use by the NHS by Nice, patients have a legal right to those drugs – as long as they are clinically appropriate. The take-up should be much higher than it currently is."

The former GP also urged people to have a better understanding of the drugs they are taking or might be able to take, allowing them to work better with their doctor.

He added that it was "essential for the future of the health service and the future health of the nation" for patients to understand their conditions and treatments.

 

[brimz]

I like em by the big Boxes N bottles nowt worse than not getting the trade sizes

 

[brimz]

oh n did ya know about the colour thing ?


Most of my boxes r Purple - Sleepers

In teh old days the colours was the way of knowing if u had a whit powder of say Methadone as late as 99 i was getrting it mixed up from powder

Mr Wilson Of Luther Wilsons Brock srt N Chelsea Rd

a Legend he was a fine cricketer 2

Tony Hills oF Gay ST

He used to let us all SHooot r Amps with him He went awol with a young Pretty Lass n was last heard of by Guy Wilson mater of fact in india !

 

[maxalfie]

David Haslam says patients need to see
themselves as 'equal partners' to get
the treatment they need

That's fine him saying that but how many doctors would be prepared to look at their patients as equals?
After all, we the patient haven't spent years studying to become a doctor.
Just depends on what your personal GP is like as to if they would actually listen to you or not.

 

[Dark Side]

Our service is free and there one is not, if you are paying out the teeth just to see a doc then you damn well better be getting a script.

Just business man, its never gonna be like the USA here ever.