dont want pills n stuff. thc helps me. wanna get on. is it poss?
i do have a medi condition for which theres no cure n has affected my men health.
how or what to ask gp to put in scr?
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TravisMe
- 3y
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Have a look at the FAQ on the sub
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Laker
- 3y
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Most clinics will stipulate that you have tried at least 2 licenced treatments. Some seem to have accepted CBT + 1 medication, some have insisted people try 2 different medications. I've known of some situations where patients have experienced very bad side effects from licenced meds after they tried them / been allergic to something in them who have still been prescribed, but I can count those occasions on one hand. Those patients experienced either extreme suffering from the side effects or life-threatening reactions to the medication.
Clinics generally appear to consider it best practice to have this as a condition as CBPMs are currently mostly unlicenced (i.e. the MHRA hasn't approved them for treatment of a specific condition because they feel there isn't 'sufficient' evidence of their efficacy). Because of this, and because flos and oils are more specifically 'unlicensed specials', most specialist doctors and clinics might feel the need to safeguard any potential risk of prescribing something without 'approval' by only doing so in circumstances where 'typical' treatments haven't worked and where an unlicensed CBPM is the only thing which might fulfil a patient's medical need. Unfortunately it's not a medicine you can just *get on*.
How come you don't feel like pills would work for you?
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GruzT
- 3y
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Also your summary care record is a summary of your existing GP record.
Your GP record should have your confirmed medical diagnoses on it and so these would show on a SCR. Equally, the most relevant bits of your medication history would also show on your SCR (i.e. it'll show if you have or haven't tried any medicines).
Your GP shouldn't need to write / add anything specific to your SCR. The CBPM clinic would initially need confirmation of what you're diagnosed with (past and present problems), the medication you have been prescribed since diagnosis and any allergies you may have. You would then speak about how your diagnoses affect you / the symptoms you experience with the specialist doctor from the CBPM clinic. If the clinic wanted more info from your GP / other doctors, they should then advise you on what exactly they need you to get.
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