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Test Strip Q

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teapot8910

teapot8910

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Hi all

Went to my local pharmacy yesterday to pick up test strips/insulin only to be told that they were having 'problems' with the supplier and wouldn't have any in stock possibly for weeks..

Luckily I have some Bayer ones left and Freestyle Lites from my spare one, but my Q is, shouldn't they have let me know rather than waiting till I went to get them?

I've been given the script back to check with other pharmacies nearby, but if they use the same supplier then I have to go see my Dr to add new strips on to my prescription which might not be until next week.

Confused! :confused:
 
There are three major drug wholesalers, so there's bound to be another pharmacy in your area that uses a different one to your usual. Have a ring round.
 
Which test strips are they?
 
I've been told this a couple of times before, and I either rang up the company or checked with another pharmacy, and there were no issues - it was just that chain was having a problem with their own supplier. There's a particular chain I no longer go into because of that (amongst other issues).

I'd try somewhere else first, I bet somewhere else has them.
 
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