@fidgetbones .... you'll know better than I, but could it be that @Hostafan1's OH's GP hasn't changed his OH's address so the prescription states his old home address, and presumably that's what the pharmacy has to adhere to? Â
Iâm not sure about that Dove, as I said before, same thing with MIL,  the morphine wasnât even at the chemist where she would normally have picked up her usual meds,  they were in a Tesco in another town. Seems things are different down here,  the number of times people have said,  âthat wonât happen, or you shouldnât have to put up with thatâ.  Well we do.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
Usually any resident in a nursing home will stay with their own GP if classed as temporary, but if permanent, the GP usually gets changed to one who is looking after the whole place if they are classed as outside the catchment area for their previous practice. Any new patient should be reviewed as a matter of course. If a patient has moved say 20 miles, then there is no way their old GP would do a home visit, and the GP has to be changed to a local one to the nursing home. Any nursing home allowing a patient to run out of something like Morphine needs a good talking to. Unless there is a nationwide shortage of a drug, most drugs (unless hand made specials) can be supplied within 48 hours maximum, usually Pharmacies get deliveries twice a day Mon to Friday plus Saturday morning., so even if a line is not stocked, it can usually be obtained by next day. In a dire emergency, I once had a warehouse opened up and a courier sent out to hand deliver some morphine to us, and then I took it out to the patient personally.Â
It sounds like a total shambles.
 @ didyw
Usually a brown steroid inhaler is used regularly for COPD, with the blue bronchodilator inhaler being used for shortness of breath, when required. If it is well controlled, blue ones should not be needed much.    The trouble is that using a brown inhaler can give no discernible immediate effect, whereas blue ones have an instant effect, and the temptation is to use the blue one all the time. If being used together, the blue one should be used first to open up the lungs, and then the brown one a couple of minutes later so that the steroid gets deeper into the lungs to work. What is the name of the one that only lasts a week?
Good morning all. Thank you all for your continued support. The Care Home IS his official address, nobody knows what's happening with stuff bouncing back to me. It's been escalated to an official complaint.
@fidgetbones - the weekly one is called Ultibro and my OH says it does not contain steroids. He uses that once a day and the blue one 3 or 4 times a day.
Good morning all. Thank you all for your continued support. The Care Home IS his official address, nobody knows what's happening with stuff bouncing back to me. It's been escalated to an official complaint.
Great! đ Nothing concentrates the mind as much as an Official ComplaintÂ
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've just called our GP and he's officially NOT under their care any more, but under the practice at the Home. No idea why stuff is coming to me at all.
Ultibro breezhaler comes as a pack of 30, and the dose is one puff a day. The indacaterol is a corticosteroid, and the glycopyrrhonium is an antimuscarinic that opens up the air tubes. It works in a similar way to serevent. One ingredient opens the tubes up, one reduces inflammation. I don't understand why you need to order it weekly, unless you are getting the starter packs each time?
New grumble. The supermarkets are advertising the xmas feast.  How many kids are going to be disappointed that they only get Turkey, pigs in blankets and the usual veg. The morrisons spread has enough food to feed 100, let alone the 12 or so round the table. We will be 18 for boxing day, and we don't need anything like that amount.
my curmudgeon today is that everyone contacting radio stations seems to include the names of their pets. Have these pets asked to be included. Do they KNOW it's their owner's birthday, and are they thrilled to hear their names? Anthropomorphism gone mad.
Try another station. When I used to listen to talk radio, you could tell when the presenter hadn't done any preparation. I called them : "What's your favourite biscuit" programmes . Guaranteed to have the phone lines buzzing.
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Seems things are different down here, Â the number of times people have said, Â âthat wonât happen, or you shouldnât have to put up with thatâ. Â Well we do.
Thank you all for your continued support.Â
The Care Home IS his official address, nobody knows what's happening with stuff bouncing back to me.Â
It's been escalated to an official complaint.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Have these pets asked to be included. Do they KNOW it's their owner's birthday, and are they thrilled to hear their names?
Anthropomorphism gone mad.
When I used to listen to talk radio, you could tell when the presenter hadn't done any preparation. I called them : "What's your favourite biscuit" programmes . Guaranteed to have the phone lines buzzing.