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Originally Posted by divine1966
My GP never allows any refills. You have to see him every time you want to refill anything.
As about antibiotics. They need to do x ray and that would show if you have bronchitis or not. I refuse to see GPS who make you wait weeks for appts and urgent care isn’t a good place to get continuous care. I keep seeing my crazy GP (the one who won’t do refills) because he will see you when you are sick. You don’t need urgent care unless it’s after hours. I might wait in a waiting room half a day but either he or a nurse practitioner will see you
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Why do you allow your GP to manipulate you that way? Esp. if he/she is 'crazy.'
I had an x-ray done. It showed bronchitis. My medical chart SHOWS that I get bacterial bronchitis every time I catch it. I've always taken an antibiotic when I get the URI. This is the first time I was refused and I'm 51. So, now that I'm middle aged, I'm more prone to develop serious disease.
I hate all medical professionals.
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Originally Posted by unaluna
I get 90 days on all my meds except the diabetes ones. Then i dont have to go in, i can request a refill online.
I can get an appt pretty quickly. Maybe theres a special class for "old as heck".
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I used to also get a 3 month supply of my thyroid medication that I could self-refill. Sorry to hear that you have Diabetes too. That stinks.
I don't know what changed. I'm livid that my endo - a dept head for 5 years, who's treated me for 11 years - would suddenly prevent me from refilling my own thyroid medication without a legal explanation. Doctors are REQUIRED by law to send their patients paperwork about prescription changes. He didn't.
I'm battling the referral system now with my new GP who operates out of a different clinic system. That clinic system is linked to my long-time clinic system that I have attended since my childhood. But I'm fed up with the way I'm being treated with disrespect by medical professionals and need to start over.
Hopefully my new GP will agree to write me a referral to a new endo. If she refuses, I'll look for a new GP.