Re: Friday - 02.28.2025 - Dinner Plans

In article <vq1u0c$r59u$2@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
@invalid.com says...

 
On 2025-03-02, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-03-02 9:01 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
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1.  Doctors aren't infallible
2.  People often have more than one doctor, prescribing multiple
medications.
>

 
I get that, Cindy.  But I am not afraid to question my doctor or to ask
questions.  Some people take everything they say as gospel.
>

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When I pick up prescriptions these days I get a sheet with a list of all
the prescription medications I have had filled in the last few years. It
lists them and the last refill. If I am getting medications from two ore
more doctors they will appear on that list.

 
If you go to only one pharmacy.  Of course, your health-care
system is not as fragmented as ours.

   In our health system, it suits me and the system  for
me to inform my GP medical practice which pharmacy  to
send all my presciptions to.  I don't need to order
repeats, or  go to the DDR's surgery to collect them.
 There's no charge for the service or the meds.


 I choose a local pharmacy within  walking distance. They
are extremely efficient and  should we ever become so ill
or decrepit we can't totter that far to pick up our  meds,
they have a free home delivery service for regular
customers.

 Because it's my "designated pharmacy",  who know my
medical history, the pharmacists can also offer front-line
medical assessment, advice and treatments for everyday
illnesses like colds, aches etc.

    The pharmacists is also my go-to if I  want advice on
contra-medications  or drug side effects;  far more up to
date than DR's. Especially  on the significant differences
between the side effects of  manufacturers brands (for the
same dosae of the same drug).

    Janet UK