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Originally Posted by mm45  yeah I have noticed this problem to. Just curious if you were able to influence prescribers what would you suggest to the aspirin 75mg Rx?
While I was working at a pharmacy, im only a student, I noticed a Rx for simvastatin 10mg two a day, I pointed out to the pharmacist that a Rx for 20mg once a day would be cheaper the pharmacist just said yeah and that was that. I just feel that even if we were to contact the prescriber and be taken seriously to suggest a change to 20mg once daily woud save the NHS money. Ok it would be huge amount of money but it would be a start. |
I don't understand the pharmacist in this situation. I have contacted surgeries lots of times about statins, and they usually welcome any advice that saves THEIR budget - not the NHS. I find it's quite a good way to make first contact with them, as you are phoning up to save them money and not to just moan about something.