Prescription Charges

[tamborine]

Gp prescription was in wrong name, that was discovered on label. How can the charge be refunded? GP & chemist do not want the pills returned.

[bednobs]

your question does not make much sense - what is the exact situation?

[tamborine]

I was prescribed medication in my deceased's MIL name. Doc ack mistake, advised to not use them (ulcer prob) but wait for further tests.

[bednobs]

is it the prescription that he meant to give you for the problem he/she saw you about?
If so, you won't be able to get a refund. My advice would be to keep them (they usually have a long-ish date)

[tamborine]

Its omeprazole. I dont want to take them as they cause drowsiness & side effects am note happy with. I want my money back for them.

[Islay]

So they are prescribed for a condition you have but you don't want to take them because of side effects?

I would suggest that you would be unable to get a refund - as it is your choice not to take them.

[Mamyalynne]

Has the Chemist refused a refund?

[tamborine]

Am uncertain if the doc was prescribing for me, as he admitted mixing my records with MIL. I do have a gastro prob & hoped antibioics would solve it.

[tamborine]

Yes Mamya, chemist says chuck them down the loo.

[Mamyalynne]

It does seem unfair you should bear the cost of someone else's error.

[bednobs]

if after your consultation, your doctor decided to prescribe omeprazole for you, and you filled the prescription (although not quite sure how you got it if it wasn't in your name, and i presume you MIL had she been alive would be getting free PX anyway) then you can't have a refund just because you decided not to take them

[cupid04]

15.25 - //Doctor admitted the error.// Let him refund the cost...he can afford it!

[tamborine]

Doc says not to take them as he is arranging further tests at hossie; tube into stomach :(

[dannyk13]

The chemist is not responsible, he filled the prescription in good faith.I would press your doctor for a refund as the fault was his.

[tamborine]

Maybe ebay them

[dannyk13]

ebay??

[tamborine]

The doc thought MIL had moved home & didnt know she was dead. Surely they should be informed of deceased patients.

[bednobs]

so he prescibed them for you, or your mil? (i get that her name was on the PX) but did he prescribe them for you after a consultation with you?

[douglas9401]

Looks like the procedure at my local Lloyds is a good move. The counter operative reads the name of the patient and their street to the patient before passing it for dispensing.

[woofgang]

Chemists should not be telling you to flush meds down the toilet. ALL pharmacists will accept back and dispose of unneeded meds.

[ladyalex]

I had a similar-ish problem when my GP gave me a prescription for meds at the wrong strength.....she had done a repeat when their system had not been updated with the new strength.
They were capsules, so I could not split them.
I didn't notice until I got them home.
The chemist could not help....he had dispensed them in good faith and would only offer to dispose of them for me.
I am sorry to say that the surgery were no help at all either. I had to just get another prescription and pay for it and eat the cost of the wrong one.
I cannot say I was best pleased . I suppose if I had pushed it it might have been possible for me to get my money back from the surgery, but it was just too hard to explain that if they looked at the most recent hospital letter the dose had been changed etc etc...they of course were fixated on their 'repeat' system which showed I had been given the right meds.
So....if you want your money back I think you may have a bit of a tussle.
Good luck.