Is there a doctor on here that I can ask advice on something please

[HaudYerWheeshtBawbag]

I don’t want a diagnosis or anything. I’ve been prescribed some medicine by a nurse practitioner who spent 40 mins googling in trying to help, I was supposed to see the doctor however they failed to turn up at the hospital walk in centre .

Not a doctor but if you're concerned about the medication, could you speak to a pharmacist?

The hospital pharmacist was too busy to speak to me, and when I went to my local pharmacy it was closed.

Have you got a supermarket with a pharmacy you could ring? They usually open late round here. We've also got a midnight pharmacy near us and I've rung them at well past 11pm before now. It doesn't necessarily need to be local to you if you could find a number and call. Good luck.

I would be very cautious about taking medical advice from someone claiming to be a doctor on an anonymous forum. They could be a trapeze walker for all you know.

I'd phone a supermarket pharmacy - they are very helpful.

Agree that the best bet is to ring a late night pharmacy if you need help now, there is usually one near a hospital - we have one near us that's open until 11pm. I would be very cautious taking advice about the safety of prescription medication etc over a forum.

Nurse prescribers are highly trained and are fully legally and professionally accountable for their practice. They arent going to prescribe something they are unsure about just because they have a patient there expecting it

Sometimes even doctors google. Were they googling the medication? Because they may have been checking the BNF online?

Doctors rarely google for 40 minutes...

I’m a doctor. Anaesthetist / intensive care rather than GP though.

What did you want to know?

True, 40 mins googling does seem a tad excessive.

If you haven't got the meds yet why don't you call GP in the morning, nurse practitioners are pretty thorough, is it a commonly used medication.

What medication is it? What specifically are you concerned about?

Just give us the name of the medication and hat is your worry. Difficult to say otherwise...

What is your question? It isn't clear what you are asking.

You have lots of kind offers of help