Can‘t the NHS send a fax/an email? Does he have a copy of his last prescription?
If not, go to your GP and bring the meds he has, maybe they can give you a prescription.
What I have done in the past was to go to the airport medical center and they helped me with some meds to tide me over.
Good luck!
Ps: could only help you with the statins, could send a bunch over tomorrow?
Get the doctor to fax a prescription and then you can use it here, the best approach is for the doctor to fax it direct to your pharmacy.
Worked for me in the past
The pharmacy here will normally fill a foreign prescription as long as the medication is available here.
Ask the pharmacy exactly what they need then call the UK surgery and ask them to fax or email a copy to them, that’s usually all they’ll need.
We had a similar issue on holiday in Italy when hubby forgot one his blood pressure meds and he got the pharmacy here to email him a copy of the prescription which be showed to the pharmacy and they sold him the meds (much cheaper than Swiss prices).
If that fails we have a couple of them we could let you have.
In the end, I got the doctor to email the prescription which I printed out and took to the French pharmacy to fill. It was cheaper than I was expecting, around 20 EUR for 5 different medicines.
Just seen this, I take those in different doses 2.5mg Bisoprolol & 20mg Atorvastatin easy to get hold of & a French pharmacy will accept even a copy of an old prescription as it’s easily available. Many French Dr’s will also write a prescription for about €25, all standard stuff so they won’t need to ask many questions.
After speaking to the doctor, she said that 80mg was far too much and suggested 20mg instead. The medicine is apparently damaging to the liver so not good to have too much.
I learned that there was a difference between dispersible aspirin which is rapidly absorbed in the stomach and coated aspirin which is absorbed just below.
The Pantoprazole is then required to protect the stomach lining.
I hope the plane is not delayed as I’d have to go through the same rigmarole for my mum’s medicines.
These drugs are common and often used in combination. As a result combi-pills have been developed, for instance Caduet combines Atorvastatin and Amlodipin, some combine even three drugs in one pill. People generally like reducing the number of pills to take, and typically they’re less expensive.
Once his lab values have stabilised, if they aren’t already, your dad might want to talk to his doc about going combi.