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<blockquote data-quote="first14808" data-source="post: 1789788" data-attributes="member: 452612"><p>So I asked about this at my surgery's PPG, and luckily their pharmacist was there. They said that where there's a review element, prescriptions are for 1 month. When they're going to be long term and a static dosage, they can be prescribed to cover longer, up to a legal maximum of 6 months. I guess for Metformin, that could be prescribed for 3 months to match HbA1c test intervals as prescribing's based on those results, give or take side-effects which I presume are most likely to happen when starting on it.</p><p></p><p>Then for getting multiple forms, apparently that's based on risk and 1 item per form is meant to reduce the chance of the wrong quantity or dosage being dispensed. And I guess for some items, like my pain meds, might prevent possible abuse. </p><p></p><p>That aside, it was an interesting meeting with an opportunity to find out more about how the practice works, and offer feedback & suggestions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="first14808, post: 1789788, member: 452612"] So I asked about this at my surgery's PPG, and luckily their pharmacist was there. They said that where there's a review element, prescriptions are for 1 month. When they're going to be long term and a static dosage, they can be prescribed to cover longer, up to a legal maximum of 6 months. I guess for Metformin, that could be prescribed for 3 months to match HbA1c test intervals as prescribing's based on those results, give or take side-effects which I presume are most likely to happen when starting on it. Then for getting multiple forms, apparently that's based on risk and 1 item per form is meant to reduce the chance of the wrong quantity or dosage being dispensed. And I guess for some items, like my pain meds, might prevent possible abuse. That aside, it was an interesting meeting with an opportunity to find out more about how the practice works, and offer feedback & suggestions. [/QUOTE]
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