Had problems yesterday getting Evorel 50. My prescription was sent directly to my nominated pharmacy, which was Boots, but when I went to collect, they told me they couldn’t get the patches and didn’t know when they’d be in.
After chatting for a bit, she said that a lot of the chain pharmacies, (Boots, Lloyds etc) use different suppliers to the smaller independent, and that it would be worth me ringing around. I tried 9 pharmacies, including those within doctors surgeries and finally found 2 that I could get supplies from. One, a local independent was able to order them yesterday to collect today, but the problem was that I needed them for last night. So I chose the other one which was a Lincolnshire Co-op pharmacy. They had a split pack of the patches which would last me 4 weeks, and 12 Utrogestan tablets, so I went straight there and collected them, and can get the rest of the meds today.
What a pain though. I’m lucky that I’m retired so can do all this, but a nightmare if you’re working and don’t have the time to ring around.
About 3 years ago, I had issues with supply, and used Oxford Pharmacy online. They were brilliant, had my patches in 2 days. Don’t know what it’s be like at the moment though, with RM strikes and other couriers at breaking point.
