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New guidelines for GP's

aisling0800 · 2022-01-28 18:33:26

Has the medical council changed the guidelines for GP's when it comes to prescribing psychiatric meds? Just had a difficult week and a half trying to get my meds refilled. Couldn't get through to my psychiatrist so I had to go to two older GP's who seemed unable to refill them. Only got them yesterday after constantly…

28-01-2022 7:33pm

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aisling0800

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Has the medical council changed the guidelines for GP's when it comes to prescribing psychiatric meds? Just had a difficult week and a half trying to get my meds refilled. Couldn't get through to my psychiatrist so I had to go to two older GP's who seemed unable to refill them. Only got them yesterday after constantly ringing my psych.
They aren't controlled as well (besides a few tablets for Stilnoct) so I'm surprised that they couldn't do it. Have the guidelines changed in the last two years? I don't remember having this issue with GP's a while back.

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#2 18-04-2022 12:12am

chanste

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I think some GPs will (appropriately) leave prescribing of psychiatric meds they may be less familiar with to specialist (psychiatry team). They will in cases where patient has a medical card re-issue or transcribe a prescription issued by that specialist.

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