I said it would be a pain in the arse

[davidgillon]

I'm still in Durham.

My Mother's GP Surgery: No, you can't have an appointment  to  get a repeat  prescription for a controlled drug, because the whole system just changed  and your own surgery can do it electronically.

Me: They were pretty adamant they can't do that for controlled drugs when I talked to them a couple of months ago.

Mother's GP: It all changed just 2 weeks ago. Byee!

Me to My Own GP's Surgery: They said it all just changed and you can do it.

My Own GP's Surgery: I'm pretty sure they're wrong, I'll bet they're confused about the gabapentin thing*. Best we can do is give it a try and see if it works.

So I'm stuck in limbo, needing the repeat by Friday, and may end up sitting in Urgent Care/A&E just to get a repeat prescription (as opioid withdrawal is narrowly worse than sitting in A&E). And I just had  to  email my GP saying 'whoops, didn't think about your normal 48 hour turnaround, can you put a rush on that, pretty please.'

I said it would be a pain in the arse....
 

* I'll bet My GP's Surgery is right. Gabapentin and pregabalin were just made controlled drugs, effective this week, but because the pharmacists whinged, they don't have the same restrictions as normal controlled drugs, like my buprenorphine..