Scripts getting delivered, or not?

[sapphire]

I know OP, I rinse the bottle out and everything so it's going to be quite difficult to get a day ahead.

The thing is as well, that I'm working again some of the time after being of sick cos of artritis and other stuff but all this hit with the DSP is starting to take up time, which is a pain for work.

I have told them I am back at work, but it's like trying to explain newtons theories to my cat.

[OP8S]

You know your stuff sapph, your treatment should have minimal effect on your employment. Because of shifts I usually work it so that I'm obs on one of the days I'm starting at 1pm. But I got to the pharmacy at 11am in case of any unseen problems. They use a metha-measure & I just tell the pharmacist what days I will be able to come in for my weekly obs & take home, she types it all into the laptop & the machine does the rest  The pharmacists who can use it love it as it makes their job so much easier. She just needs to have a look at the start of each week to see when I'm coming in & how much take home I need, she always checks it against the script also. There was a few teething problems when it first came & everybody thought it was a cunning plan by the plods but in reality most users have had their finger-prints taken at some time & they were the ones complaining the most  . The GP just writes in hand-writing on top of the printed script " to be observed weekly ". The rest is left to me & the pharmacist. I consider myself lucky to have that knd of control over my script. Thousands don't, but then it shouldn't be a matter of luck, we should be treated the same as any other patient. I don't know if the GP would afford me such things like weekly pick-up if I wasn't employed.  Not because of his own opinions but the CDT do like to give the unemployed a bit of structure to their lives ?! Even if it is just walking down to the pharmacists in the pissing rain everyday, the hospital on sundays. It's almost as if they are trying to make things so hard for people that they say " fuck this" & reduce only to start using again. If I had to go daily for several years, I think I would just give in. It seems very punitive to me, but people go along with it. What can you do ? You can tell them it ain't right but they've got to go in there & kick up for themselves.

[skroe]

I've missed a lot of threads being away from the site in a while, But clocked this, I feel for you Saph, Froude, etc, I cant believe the way your being treated!
Honestly its shocking.

I do have problems with my family surgery, regarding my medications, with scripts for them not being signed, sent etc..  But with my Meth script I'm lucky.
 
With my script first it was sent from CAU to the Chemist, but that changed to "Sharecare" I'm lucky here, they find me a good doctor, I mentioned it on the similar thread yesterday,
I see him every six weeks, Fairplay to him too, he sent me a letter saying he wouldn't be there for my next script so moved the app a week earlier.
I see him, speak to him for about 15 -20mins, (much longer than my own g.p.) He then prints my script to give to me, to hand in person to the Pharmacist I'm with, ( I panic though when I have the script on me, I always get para of losing it on the way back to the chemist, even though i put them inside my sketch pad- which is inside my bag, that gets zipped up. I can only settle once I know I have put given the script by hand to my pharmacist..( I like to draw people in the doctors surgery, at times lol  while waiting thats why i carry my sketch pad)...

Now I only have to see my key worker every six months.
Also When I see the Meth doctor, its 4-5 days before my script is due to run out, so i have that extra safe guard which i pleaded with my key for, when they moved me to sharecare..

Anyway I cant believe the shit your going through, Esp as its every 2 weeks.. I'd be panicking just thinking of it, I cant rest until i know my meth script is safe.

Also the chemist I'm with are great, its just a small independent Pharmacy, I speak to them like friends. A couple of times theres been some mistakes from extra bottles, to a couple of weeks back when I got back from picking up, only to notice that one bottle was 100 mil, instead of 140, I phoned and she said bring it back and she fix it. I think bringing back extra bottles from previous mistakes proved helpful. I'm guessing If it was boots or another chain it would be tough shit!

A chemist like boots, man, I'd go insane with what i've read.

A feel for you, also it can't help with your arthritis etc, and the extra cost of taxis, etc.

I hope things improve, Take care...
 

[AllOut]

Gives me the heeby jeebies reading this Im going back in to the service tomoz, So what do they do to provide for people with a dissability or mobility issues it sounds discriminatory to me its not enough to just get a ramp up to the door you know

[froude]

Yeah Skroe it is stressful,i got to admit the pharmacist is on side and thinks its only a matter of time before it goes shit up.Ive been in treatment 7 odd years and with my mental health problems they have not come up once,now im with a new Key he was dumbfounded that in 7 years my mental health and other problems havent been addressed in all that time,mad thing is my D.S.P is also my Mental Health Team,last year they were perscribing me my antidepressants,when i asked for a new lot they knew nothing about my scripts,they asked me if i was sure they were giving them to me ,could'nt even think what all those years we were talking about,talking shit!, that's what was happening.What gets me is they send the scripts out the day before they are due by Royal Mail,Royal fucking Mail,lucky they even get to the Chemist,pure madness.Im just envious of all you lot out there that have their treatment with no problems,or you have everything in one place,your Doctor and your Keyworkers.Oh we have the same ,the only difference is everyone elses is in working mode ,and ours have just your local G.P and loads of rooms being wasted,and the D.S.P in a different place,total waste of money as usual,the government say they have to tighten everyones belt,yet they waste money left right and centre.It beggars belief,it really does,everything could be so easy yet it seems to me that they like to do it the hard way.Im starting to ramble so im off lol.Keep well Skroe and dont let them grind you down,All the best Froude.

[derek d j]

Our dsp has one worker whose full time job is to attend to the scripts.

And she's f***ing brilliant. Very rarely screws up. (knock wood, heavily)

There - finally a chance to post something good about the dsp!

[sapphire]

Gives me the heeby jeebies reading this Im going back in to the service tomoz, So what do they do to provide for people with a dissability or mobility issues it sounds discriminatory to me its not enough to just get a ramp up to the door you know

They do fuck all, they think they're doing us a big enough favour by scripting us. Fucking Twats.

[OP8S]

I'm shared care like skroe & because of my work get given my script to sort out obs days ( 1xweekly ) with the pharmacist who is a lovely lady & very helpfull. I see the prescribing GP, who happens to be my community GP also every month. AT the CDT meth clinic he gives me my script for meth & also gives me another script for my other repeat medications also as it's all on the same NHS system. Endure about 1/2hour with key once a month who has " been told " that I have discussed whether I want to remain maintenance with CDTs prescribing GP & he is quite happy with me staying maintained, a forced reduction is very often a failed reduction is his way of seeing things. Sometimes because of my job I have to work with him, he see's that I'm functioning well on a decent dose of meth, until I'm ready to stop he say's he'll prescribe for me, unless the law changes (?) but as far as I'm aware that's just a filthy purple lie & can't see it happening it would be an act of sheer lunacy to take away meds that help thousands lead a stable life.
I think the real proplem is with the private DSPs, as charitable as a vulture ready to pick 5ml off somebodies script without that person actually asking for it. Once I told key I would think about it, I sometimes do anyway. I think we probably all do at times without the need for prompting. Next time I saw him he had twisted the words & it had been said in a more definite form. If I remember correctley I just agreed that 5mls off my script as a % would be very little & that I would hardly notice it, he takes that & starts asking when I'm going to come down 5mls. I only agreed to a statment he made I never said I wanted to do it ! These things have to be nipped in the bud before any more false facts are assumed. If I want to alter my dose then I will talk to my GP first explain to him if I want to come down 10-20mls & stop at that, or if I want to reduce completely ( though I can't see that ) If I were to decide to live a life of abstinence then I'm, sure my  key would possibly have many uses. Just now though it appears to be just a waste of time. He can't understand why I don't want to reduce, probably because I don't tell him about all the different times & substances that I may of used through the course of the month, I think that they have a punitive system where if you keep giving dirty tests they can force you off your script, I've rarely seen this done though. It's not rocket science giving them the u/s sample that they want at the clinic ( unless that's supervised ? ) I do tell my GP sometimes if I have been using but never give the CDT a positive result so as far as they think I should be reducing my meth. Maybe I should be more open with key but I've seen his sneaky tricks & really can't be bothered to fight for what is regarded as essential medication.
At least with shared-care you still seem to be in the care of the NHS & not those capitalist opiophobes that call themselves charitable. I hope they never come to my kneck of the woods, it's bad enough havin to see key every now & then. Nosey bastards one & all, looking for the right buttons to push to get you off their books, before you even know it.
Charitable DSPs such as these seem set to encourage a larger street market of heroin, even though it still appears to be "not as good as before thr drought". It's a recipe for disaster.