I cant decide whether to make a complaint about this or not. My initial reaction is yes but im starting to mellow a bit now and calm down.
My midwife contacted me to tell me ive got a urine infection and to pick up a prescription from my GP. So I went to collect it and noticed straight away it was amoxycillan. Im allergic to penicillin and get lip swelling so I told her I don't take this because im allergic to it. So she said come back in an hour and i'll get the doctor to change it. So I went back and she told me to take a seat. Kept me 15 mins then took me aside to challenge me on my allergy. She had the new prescription hugged close to her chest and was saying in a very confrontational way "look we cant just change things like this. Theres nothing documented on your records about this so we cant just give you something else. Do you have evidence of your reaction?" I said well no as it was a couple of years ago and I haven't had it since as they always give me something else.
It was then I got irate with her and said "look you need to listen to the patient and im telling you im allergic to this. Its not my fault if its not documented but you need to listen to me when Im telling you its dangerous to take something im allergic to!". She gave me the prescription after much reluctance.
I was infuriated when I left and I spoke to my mum about it who said just let it go, don't upset yourself about it but im not so sure.
Do you think this needs reporting or should I just let it go? Im very hormonal and irritable at the moment anyway so the slightest thing annoys me. Thanks for reading.
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LittlePink · 03/06/2014 18:00
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