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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 1831897"><p>A few years ago my surgery started to make a habit of misprescribing my insulin. The seemed to ignore the boxes I ticked on the form and gave me something random from the list. </p><p>After a strongly worded letter to the surgery manager, they changed their process to include a colleague review and there has been no mistake since. </p><p>Until I had diabetes, I had no experience of repeat prescriptions (and very little experience of non-repeat prescriptions) but I understand most repeat prescriptions are set up for all medication to last the same length of time which is easy when you take the same amount every day. But insulin and needles and lancets and test strips are just not like that. It all depends ...</p><p></p><p>I never used pre-filled pens. I always used pens which you add a cartridge. </p><p>This meant, despite the prescription mess-ups, I always spotted a mistake as I made a check whenever I changed the cartridge. </p><p></p><p>As a bit of a low waste zealot, I struggle to understand why pre-filled pens exist. In over 12 years, I never had a problem inserting a cartridge, spare cartridges take up much less space than spare pens and there is less waste. </p><p>But I am clearly missing something because if that was the the full story, cartridges would be cheaper than pens and the NHS would be trying to save funds. </p><p></p><p>Sorry, I don't mean to misdirect this thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 1831897"] A few years ago my surgery started to make a habit of misprescribing my insulin. The seemed to ignore the boxes I ticked on the form and gave me something random from the list. After a strongly worded letter to the surgery manager, they changed their process to include a colleague review and there has been no mistake since. Until I had diabetes, I had no experience of repeat prescriptions (and very little experience of non-repeat prescriptions) but I understand most repeat prescriptions are set up for all medication to last the same length of time which is easy when you take the same amount every day. But insulin and needles and lancets and test strips are just not like that. It all depends ... I never used pre-filled pens. I always used pens which you add a cartridge. This meant, despite the prescription mess-ups, I always spotted a mistake as I made a check whenever I changed the cartridge. As a bit of a low waste zealot, I struggle to understand why pre-filled pens exist. In over 12 years, I never had a problem inserting a cartridge, spare cartridges take up much less space than spare pens and there is less waste. But I am clearly missing something because if that was the the full story, cartridges would be cheaper than pens and the NHS would be trying to save funds. Sorry, I don't mean to misdirect this thread. [/QUOTE]
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