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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Our Doctors are a waste of time to be honest, we have been told that the government has ordered all GP to save money by giving out drugs that are much cheaper.
My wife was prescribed a drug to stop stomach acid (aromprossle) and has now been told that this will be stopped and a cheaper drug given, her stomach acid rises into her mouth.
I was given a drug called ARDESAL for a stiff muscle, and this went on for months, then they tell me that the cream is useless and have given me a drug, that wont work as l am taking a cheaper drug that has serious side effects to the drugs that l am taking.
My chemist has told me that all GP's in my area all now belong to a company that sell the cheapest drug possible to make money for the practices.
Antibiotics are the same, some drs will not give them out anymore due to costs.
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If doctors are a waste of time then just stop going to see them, simple ...
As said above, cheaper drugs are often the same thing as a brand name version that is no longer covered by a patent - my blood pressure medication used to be branded as Diovan - now I'm prescribed the generic equivalent called Valsartan - it is exactly the same drug, but costs the NHS less.
It works both ways - I have recently been prescribed a new inhaler to control my asthma, I saw on the form how much it costs the NHS - over £45 for my £7.65 payment & the prescription is renewed every month. This presumably 'makes money' for the GPs....
Anyway, in an attempt to divert the thread away from 'money making' PCT groups of GPs & back to the subject, I thought Sparkle's posts regarding antibiotics were very insightful. It is just a shame that the research needed to try to find new antibacterial agents that are safe for humans is so expensive - and that the need to recoup that investment has contributed to the situation we now find ourselves in.