Pharmacy service could save NHS £517.6m, finds study

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Robin said:
Well, maybe there has been 'topic drift' as often happens, but it's all linked, surely. Where pharmacies are undertaking medication education, I would hope they wouldn't refuse advice because something is a management tool not something you actually swallow. I've certainly had medication reviews at my pharmacy that have embraced all my prescription items, insulin, test strips, lancets, etc.
I know you feel passionately about restrictions on testing for Type 2s, and quite rightly, and you want to think the best of people, but I'm afraid the number of private adverts on eBay for odd packets of test strips does lead me to believe that some people who don't get round to using their prescribed ones may be tempted to dispose of them that way.
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Again...I find that comment unacceptable...it has no place here.
 
mikeyB said:
Well, I can't see any offensive or judgemental comments. If you remember, alI I said originally was that if 78% of diabetics don't comply or adhere to their medication, it undermines the argument that all diabetics should be given a testing kit - in those cases it would be a waste of money. I also added that it fortified the argument that in motivated folk they should get kits. There isn't really any argument with you there, Bubbsie, so I don't see how you could possibly get offended.
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Mike I've given you my response...if you want any further comment...I suggest you reread it.
 
Northerner said:
It does happen, Bubbsie, or certainly has in the past to my knowledge, particularly when cheaper alternatives like Codefree weren't available and they could command a good price. It's not offensive to suggest that some people do this.
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I have made a complaint about this...and other comments I find offensive...the fact that you as a moderator are supporting that view is astounding....let wait for that to be considered.
 
I actually found the statement about non-compliance a bit ambiguous and not sure whether it means 78% are non-compliant after 10 weeks or the other way around :confused:

Non-adherence is common in diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease where only 33% of patients continue their drugs after 10 weeks. In schizophrenia the figure is 52%, asthma: 67%; and diabetes 78%.
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Does this mean 78% are non-compliant or 78% continue their meds after 10 weeks?
 
Robin said:
I've just stated what I believe may be happening, you don't have to agree with me, but I defend my right to have raised the question.
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I have not found your comments offensive Robin...take no issue with you.
 
Bubbsie said:
I have made a complaint about this...and other comments I find offensive...the fact that you as a moderator are supporting that view is astounding....let wait for that to be considered.
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You may find the practice offensive, as I do, but the statement that it happens isn't.
 
Bubbsie said:
I have not found your comments offensive Robin...take no issue with you.
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That rings a little hollow Bubbsie when you said Robins comments were 'unacceptable' and 'had no place here'. Sounds like an issue to me🙂
 
Northerner said:
You may find the practice offensive, as I do, but the statement that it happens isn't.
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Alan..let me clarify my position...the suggestion that type 2 diabetics acquire medication...then sell it on ebay is offensive to me...possibly others here...the level of derision in this thread...the way this issue is trivialised time & time again...in my opinion would not encourage others with a similar point of view making that known...you as a moderator supporting that assertion...really does astound me!
 
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