Hi all and thanks for the replies.
Just had my phone appointment with the GP standing in for mine. She FLATLY refused to give me more than 2 Vagifem and has now taken the ovestin away too. She said I am risking breast cancer. I said was she quite happy for me to buy from Superdrug and she said yes. Ffs.
I got a bit annoyed and upset and said she didn’t know what she was talking about. I asked for a referral to a menopause specialist.
I have rung the practice manager to complain and they are calling me back Monday.
I could cry I’m just so sick of fighting for this as I cannot go back to how I was.
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Ah Lily35, I'm sorry you're having this problem too.
I don't know why they treat HRT like a controlled substance, it maybe has its roots in the idea women always need to be told what to do, so patient involvement is minimal in decision taking. It's a real shame but too many doctors now just are protecting their licenses and refusing to be complicit in giving a patient sufficient meds if it's not the recommended dose! Or in my case the doctor wouldn't prescribe me hrt at all because she didn't think it was safe and it is her decision as a prescriber to be useless if she feels like it!
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I get morphine on prescription and gabapentin too which is also controlled, both those are
far easier to order early than any of the three HRT meds I get!
Yes, really! I ordered Estradot, gabapentin and morphine a week early due to the doctors being closed two days when I was meant to order it. I got the morphine and gabapentin, but Estadot was refused. They sent a text saying to talk to the pharmacy if I was running out but under no circumstances could I get it early!
Not a clue how the pharmacy were supposed to help me from that text.
I reordered as soon as they opened but I'm going to run out on Monday, that's before I can get it on Tuesday, even if the first pharmacy I try has it.
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P.S. I admire you standing up to them, you shouldn't have to buy the rest of your pills in Boots at £30 a box.