Viagra on prescription- not happy

[northface]

I had to go to the Doctors for some tests ( not punting related ) and thought I would ask for Viagra on prescription as I would get it free now over 60.

With us not being for years I was not really aware of the electronic form of sending it to the Chemist instead of the old fashioned one in the hand to take it.
Anyway i collected it and outside the bag was a prescription like form attached about what I had got and repeat ones for the next 3 month written on it.
I thought Ok I will just hide this with the pills so no problem.

A week or so later I had a prescription to pick up related to the tests done in my initial visit which was for 2 items and nothing to do with punting.
Again there was a prescription attached to the outside of the bag and to my horror my Viagra prescription from the week before was also included in a list along with the ones I was picking up and came under 'medical history'.

Oh my god I could have asked the wife to pick this up not expecting any reference to my previous viagra one ( sildinafil ) to be recorded on the slip.

If she did not recognise the name the bit where it said ' take before sexual activity ' would have left her in no doubt and since we have not had sex for 10 years, and no intention to, it would have been too hard to explain away.

Every time I pick a precription up this is going to be recorded with it so is a nightmare.
When I next go I will ask if they can remove it and just keep it separate from my other medication but I do not know if that will be done and wondered if anyone is or has been in a similar situation and what they have done about it.
Thanks.

[SamOmar]

You can buy decent viagra over the counter now

[Lewis]

You can buy decent viagra over the counter now

If he could get it over the counter, then he wouldn't need Viagra. 

Old joke. I'll get me coat.

[JontyR]

Just pick it up yourself and don’t send the wife? Or if there is any risk of a flappy mouthed pharmacy assistant ask for an alternative pharmacy for the prescriptions?

It’s a good warning to others though.

[Thephoenix]

Unfortunately it will always be on your repeat prescriptions list.

Ask your gp reception to remove it as you don't need it now, and just go to Boots for Viagra.

Approx £5 per tab, and no record.

[SpaceRaiderDave]

This is a priceless warning to anyone going down the route of getting a prescription from your GP. I had been considering it but certainly won't now.

[northface]

You can buy decent viagra over the counter now

I had been doing that but had to have a consultation with the chemist first who gave me an authority slip that lasted six months and then said I had to see the doctor if I wanted anymore after that.
After six months I kept using the slip but was hit and miss if they would look at the date and the odd one would refuse. So I thought the Doctors might be an easier route as well as being free to buy.

[northface]

Just pick it up yourself and don’t send the wife? Or if there is any risk of a flappy mouthed pharmacy assistant ask for an alternative pharmacy for the prescriptions?

It’s a good warning to others though.

Actually when I collected the prescription the woman shouted 'what are you picking up ' so since I was wearing a mask and only one other allowed in the shop I shouted Viagra back to make out I was not embarrassed, clever cow

[northface]

This is a priceless warning to anyone going down the route of getting a prescription from your GP. I had been considering it but certainly won't now.

Glad to have helped

[B4bcock]

Actually when I collected the prescription the woman shouted 'what are you picking up ' so since I was wearing a mask and only one other allowed in the shop I shouted Viagra back to make out I was not embarrassed, clever cow

If that happened to me I would never use that pharmacy again.  There is no need for an assistant to know what you are collecting.  They should be just looking for your surname on an anonymous package.

[daviemac]

If that happened to me I would never use that pharmacy again.  There is no need for an assistant to know what you are collecting.  They should be just looking for your surname on an anonymous package.

if you have medication on repeat prescription the full list of that medication is on the prescription form every time, even if you aren't collecting every item listed. It's the same at any pharmacy, that's the way it is, they staple it on the outside so they can see the name and address so know who to give it to.

I suspect northface has asked his doctor for it so he get's it free when the only discreet way of getting it is buy it from somewhere like Asda.

[Thephoenix]

I had been doing that but had to have a consultation with the chemist first who gave me an authority slip that lasted six months and then said I had to see the doctor if I wanted anymore after that.
After six months I kept using the slip but was hit and miss if they would look at the date and the odd one would refuse. So I thought the Doctors might be an easier route as well as being free to buy.

As well as being on your printed repeat prescription, it's also on your online record if you use that facility.

Viagra Connect at Boots,  brief questionnaire tick box (takes about 2 mins).
Given small cert which you then show each time. Very simple.

[Doc Holliday]

if you have medication on repeat prescription the full list of that medication is on the prescription form every time, even if you aren't collecting every item listed. It's the same at any pharmacy, that's the way it is, they staple it on the outside so they can see the name and address so know who to give it to.

That is probably no longer best practice. My pharmacy places the repeat list inside the bag(s). A computer generated and printed adhesive ticket with the name and address only is used on the outside of the bag.

An assistant shouldn't be 'shouting' anything related to medication details or personal information as this is a a potential confidentiality breach.

[daviemac]

That is probably no longer best practice. My pharmacy places the repeat list inside the bag(s). A computer generated and printed adhesive ticket with the name and address only is used on the outside of the bag.

An assistant shouldn't be 'shouting' anything related to medication details or personal information as this is a a potential confidentiality breach.

I find it depends on which pharmacist is working, sometimes it's a sticky label others the medical history form, either way they only shout my name then ask me to confirm my address when I approach the counter they normally say how many items there are but there is no mention of what they are.

I get sildenafil on prescription but don't need it every month, it's still on the medication history form that comes with the medication even when not ordered.  The form shows all repeat prescription items, it tells you when they were last issued and when they are due to be reordered.

[Stevelondon]

I find it depends on which pharmacist is working, sometimes it's a sticky label others the medical history form, either way they only shout my name then ask me to confirm my address when I approach the counter they normally say how many items there are but there is no mention of what they are.

I get sildenafil on prescription but don't need it every month, it's still on the medication history form that comes with the medication even when not ordered.  The form shows all repeat prescription items, it tells you when they were last issued and when they are due to be reordered.

Ditto

I would certainly be having a word with the manager of the chemists if an assistant was shouting out, asking me what it was I was collecting.

[Home Alone]

Ditto

I would certainly be having a word with the manager of the chemists if an assistant was shouting out, asking me what it was I was collecting.

Definitely! Totally out of order.

Isn't there, say, a Supermarket pharmacy where you could pick them up. Every 4th weekly visit to Asda, I collect my prescribed Cialis and all that happens is that I have to give my address to the GILFy assistant who always gives me a cheeky grin - as if to say, "Who's going to get the benefit of them?!" - when she hands over the paper bag containing the tablets and any paperwork that has to come with them.

[Tender.french.kiss]

Ditto

I would certainly be having a word with the manager of the chemists if an assistant was shouting out, asking me what it was I was collecting.

What about shouting back 'MY PRESCRIPTION' ?   

[GreyDave]

  I am hoping there is a DR in this House and could help with an addtional excuse .... I seem to rememeber that The Top Gear Trio used it for altitude sickness on one trip and its orginal reason for use was helping circultion of blood ( pretty obviso) I told OH was getting stuff and I do use with her BUT i get on line not from GP its only a few quid 

[catweazle]

Never got sildenafil from my GP. Either online (collect at a different pharmacy from the one my GP uses,) via Lloyds or Superdrug, or a quick 20 minutes with the pharmacist at Asda, walk out there and then with the blueys.

[Watts.E.Dunn]

Yes quite a long standing problem it seems!


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[Jomoore]

Unfortunately it will always be on your repeat prescriptions list.

Ask your gp reception to remove it as you don't need it now, and just go to Boots for Viagra.

Approx £5 per tab, and no record.

Use Dr Fox online, around £2 per tab, 100mg 

[Doc Holliday]

Yes quite a long standing problem it seems!

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[CityTillIDie]

That is probably no longer best practice. My pharmacy places the repeat list inside the bag(s). A computer generated and printed adhesive ticket with the name and address only is used on the outside of the bag.

An assistant shouldn't be 'shouting' anything related to medication details or personal information as this is a a potential confidentiality breach.

Same here. I have a 4-weekly Scrip for several items, one of which is Sildenafil. The prescription is automatic to Boots and the paperwork is inside the bag with all the other items, said bag also being stapled. I have the NHS App on my iPad and I simply renew each 4 weeks.

All the pharmacist should check is address and postcode.

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[Thephoenix]

Use Dr Fox online, around £2 per tab, 100mg 

Maybe he doesn't want them delivered to his home address.

[Thephoenix]

I am hoping there is a DR in this House and could help with an addtional excuse .... I seem to rememeber that The Top Gear Trio used it for altitude sickness on one trip and its orginal reason for use was helping circultion of blood ( pretty obviso) I told OH was getting stuff and I do use with her BUT i get on line not from GP its only a few quid 

Yes he could say it's for his peripheral arterial disease.

[Doc Holliday]

I seem to remember that The Top Gear Trio used it for altitude sickness on one trip

I had never heard of it being tried for altitude sickness. A search of the research data appears to show that is the case, although it it not very effective.

However it never ceases to amaze me what people will volunteer for. A trial would involve two groups of mountaineers, one group given 150mg sildenafil a day in three divided doses and the other group not.

Then they ascend to high altitude over a few days and are monitored etc. Although the results were largely disappointing I suppose it gave your fellow mountaineers something to grab hold of should they stumble 

[Lou2019]

Maybe he doesn't want them delivered to his home address.

I’ve suggested the Superdrug online doctor before here a few times, highly recommended

[willie loman]

i would suggest that the assistant in the pharmacy meant, were you picking up an online prescription,rather than one ordered through a gp. offered a married mate a viagra, he replied he didnt have anyone to use it with, suspect  most marriages are like that.

[Lou2019]

Actually when I collected the prescription the woman shouted 'what are you picking up ' so since I was wearing a mask and only one other allowed in the shop I shouted Viagra back to make out I was not embarrassed, clever cow

I think you misunderstood what was being asked

[Watts.E.Dunn]

Call in any Asda ask for V, fill in a short form, get V walk out no one any the wiser!..

[Redpunter]

That is probably no longer best practice. My pharmacy places the repeat list inside the bag(s). A computer generated and printed adhesive ticket with the name and address only is used on the outside of the bag.

An assistant shouldn't be 'shouting' anything related to medication details or personal information as this is a a potential confidentiality breach.

Mine also puts the paper prescription inside the bag with only my name and address on the outside of the bag. They have also installed an automatic dispensing machine, a bit like an ATM but your pin number for each script is supplied by text when there is one to collect.

[northface]

I think you misunderstood what was being asked

Are you real.
What a stupid statement from someone who was not there.

She shouted 'what are you picking up' across the room when she was struggling to find my prescription so no misunderstanding.

[Lou2019]

Are you real.
What a stupid statement from someone who was not there.

She shouted 'what are you picking up' across the room when she was struggling to find my prescription so no misunderstanding.

No need to be so darn rude! yes you did misunderstand. Because of patient confidentiality you would never be asked what item you are collecting, you would only be asked to confirm the address. If anyone is stupid it’s you.

[northface]

No need to be so darn rude! yes you did misunderstand. Because of patient confidentiality you would never be asked what item you are collecting, you would only be asked to confirm the address. If anyone is stupid it’s you.

There you go again acting as if you were there.
You are now embarrassing yourself saying it is impossible for someone to ask what item I was collecting.
Stick to the day job and lets hope you dont misunderstand what you are supposed to provide.

[winkywanky]

If he could get it over the counter, then he wouldn't need Viagra. 

Old joke. I'll get me coat.

   (first time I've heard it  )

[winkywanky]

Yes he could say it's for his peripheral arterial disease.

Yes, the artery in the periphery of his underpants.

[winkywanky]

I had never heard of it being tried for 'altitude sickness'.

A trial would involve two groups of mountaineers, one group given 150mg sildenafil a day in three divided doses and the other group not.

I've heard mountain goats can become a little frisky in mating season, and some of those mountaineering trips can be somewhat long and lonely affairs  .

[winkywanky]

No need to be so darn rude! yes you did misunderstand. Because of patient confidentiality you would never be asked what item you are collecting, you would only be asked to confirm the address. If anyone is stupid it’s you.

I have to say, although my local pharmacy always puts the repeat prescription paper inside the bag, I have indeed had a young lady assistant shout across to me 'what are you picking up?' (not very clever).

It's normally for asthma medication, perhaps I should have said the sight of her halfway up a stepladder always gets me panting?

[Lou2019]

There you go again acting as if you were there.
You are now embarrassing yourself saying it is impossible for someone to ask what item I was collecting.
Stick to the day job and lets hope you dont misunderstand what you are supposed to provide.

what a rude little man you are

[winkywanky]

and now you insult me, what a rude little man you are,  totally unnecessary.

You did basically say he was talkling rubbish Lou, and clearly he wasn't  .

Just because pharmacy staff aren't meant to do it, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

[northface]

What do you expect when you are calling me a liar in a disguised manner.

[willie loman]

its all a bit curious, the staff are looking for a name on a bag, knowing what you are picking up wont help them, so why ask, anyway they can guess who the viagra boys are, men in late middle age, who only come in for online prescription and nothing else, always fun collecting it on saturday.

[northface]

its all a bit curious, the staff are looking for a name on a bag, knowing what you are picking up wont help them, so why ask, anyway they can guess who the viagra boys are, men in late middle age, who only come in for online prescription and nothing else, always fun collecting it on saturday.

When the pharmacist could not locate my prescription from my name she shouted 'what are you picking up' and since i dont work behind the counter, and probably not you either, who knows why she asked. But the fact is she did ask.
It was not even in the bag at this stage so you are presuming a bit too much and may be confusing yourself.

[Filli]

its all a bit curious, the staff are looking for a name on a bag, knowing what you are picking up wont help them, so why ask, anyway they can guess who the viagra boys are, men in late middle age, who only come in for online prescription and nothing else, always fun collecting it on saturday.

So they can check the prescription you think you are there to collect has been sent from the gp surgery

[willie loman]

When the pharmacist could not locate my prescription from my name she shouted 'what are you picking up' and since i dont work behind the counter, and probably not you either, who knows why she asked. But the fact is she did ask.
It was not even in the bag at this stage so you are presuming a bit too much and may be confusing yourself.

ok, but ive been collecting online viagra for several years,plus other conventional prescriptions, and there is often a bit of faffing about, sometimes 3 staff looking for my prescription, none have ever shouted out what are you collecting as that  wouldnt help them in their  search, if she did shout it is a bit unethical, and would be embarassing.

[Filli]

It does help them on there search 🤷‍♂️

[willie loman]

So they can check the prescription you think you are there to collect has been sent from the gp surgery

i made that point earlier in the thread, that staff would query the type of prescription, online or conventional, rather than what had been prescribed.

[Filli]

If you got a prescription on 15 16th and 17th and the one from the 17th hasn't shown up or sent from gp and you've collected the one from 15th and 16th and they can't see another prescription there they would ask what have you come to collect if your item hasn't shown up on screen then we'd know the gps not sent it we don't have the means to check online prescriptions which haven't been sent from the gp its quite normal practise to ask and i do understand it can be private would only ask if no one else is around and would come close

[Bonker]

I suppose it gave your fellow mountaineers something to grab hold of should they stumble 

Also, if you slip you don't roll as far.

[Lou2019]

What do you expect when you are calling me a liar in a disguised manner.

you’re still a rude little man regardless