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Most repeat prescriptions are never reviewed after they are written. This sheet is the review I do, in a form you can do at your kitchen table and take to your own doctor.
What the problem was, who prescribed it, and roughly when.
Some problems resolve. Some were never confirmed. If the reason has gone, why are you still taking it?
Weight, fitness, age, kidneys, other illnesses. A dose that was right then may not be right now.
One medicine causes a symptom, a second is added for it, and nobody joins the two up.
| Medicine and dose | 01 Started when, by whom, for what | 02 Still there? | 03 What has changed | 04 Side effect of another? | My question for the doctor |
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This sheet helps you prepare for a conversation with a doctor. It is not advice about any medicine. Never stop or change a medicine without talking to a doctor. Include everything: tablets, inhalers, patches, creams, injections, and anything bought over the counter.
Write down everything you take, one per line. For each one, fill in what you can. Blank boxes are the point: a box you cannot fill is a question nobody has answered, and that is what you take to your GP.
Ask for a medication review. Every GP practice offers them, and you are entitled to one. Take this sheet with you and go through it together.
That is the Independent Medication Review: 55 minutes with me, in person in Sutton Coldfield, and a written plan for every medicine on the list. £395. The first step is free: send me your list and I will tell you honestly whether the review is worth your money.
Tell me what you take