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<blockquote data-quote="Kleinian2" data-source="post: 196718" data-attributes="member: 35078"><p>My thanks for the replies and the help and advice. I will confront my GP if I have to do so about test strips. If he is adamant in his refusal anyone know the way forward? GP's should not be able to get away with dictatorial behaviour and a lot of them try it. In my practice one GP makes it quite clear that you will get a few seconds on the NHS BUT if you book an expensive private appointment then you will get his time.</p><p></p><p>One needs a few weapons to launch and I think the argument that Metformin could trigger 'hypos' is one such.</p><p></p><p>The more I see of GP surgeries the more I get worried about them. It is no longer possible for a GP to be knowledgeable about all things and Consultant referral is the answer. W hen I was originally diagnosed with type 2 my GP point blank refused to prescribe Metformin and said that the answer was 'diet and exercise'. I insisted on a Consultant opinion and the Consultant was amazed and wrote to my GP and then I got Metformin. It is worrying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kleinian2, post: 196718, member: 35078"] My thanks for the replies and the help and advice. I will confront my GP if I have to do so about test strips. If he is adamant in his refusal anyone know the way forward? GP's should not be able to get away with dictatorial behaviour and a lot of them try it. In my practice one GP makes it quite clear that you will get a few seconds on the NHS BUT if you book an expensive private appointment then you will get his time. One needs a few weapons to launch and I think the argument that Metformin could trigger 'hypos' is one such. The more I see of GP surgeries the more I get worried about them. It is no longer possible for a GP to be knowledgeable about all things and Consultant referral is the answer. W hen I was originally diagnosed with type 2 my GP point blank refused to prescribe Metformin and said that the answer was 'diet and exercise'. I insisted on a Consultant opinion and the Consultant was amazed and wrote to my GP and then I got Metformin. It is worrying. [/QUOTE]
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