Doctor won’t prescribe thrush treatment

[Loserlacey]

As above.
i get it quite often when compared to others. I’ve got it to a point whereby I can control it. However I have got it again.
doctor won’t prescribe it. I must have been about 10 months ago since I was last prescribed.
i Pre pay for my medications and I earn £24k a year.

If you have zero in your account doesn’t matter if something is 10pence

No, they still prescribe paracetamol for chronic pain!
a friend gets it on NHS.
I was really surprised.

I presume it's because of the quantities needed. DM was on 8 tablets a day and was housebound so at least we knew she had tablets if we couldn't get to her.

It's no longer a prescription medication. It's over the counter. You don't need to wait. Just buy it when you need it.

But if it's recurrent you may need a check up to find the underlying cause.

Same here except the bloody doctor won't prescribe them now. In my case it was the same medication just a lower dose with a longer course. The OTC tablets are crap for me.

It’s always been over the counter. I’ve been buying it for 25 years…. Unfortunately.

Yes FIL was prescribed huge tubs of it. It was the quantity not the drug that was the issue. He would have happily paid but if you fall under an exemption the computer says no.

@ArcticSkewer So what are people paying taxes for if you’re praying to have the NHS privatised?

This is an overly entitled attitude of people who can afford to pay for their prescriptions and over the counter items. And this should be a big Mumsnet issue because if budgets are squeezed I know who'd be going without in many houses - the mother. Doesn't matter whether you think someone can afford it on 24k which is not a huge income.

Doctors can and will prescribe thrush treatments by the way - mine does. My income is lower but not low enough for free and I also have a prepaid cert. Your GP must be just choosing not to OP if you cannot afford it then complain in writing to your practice manager.

So entitled.

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As they shouldn't. Go to a pharmacy or supermarket and buy the treatment

For £15 and I need more than one treatment.

i need daily dosage: you ok with me spending £80 just go I don’t have an itchy vagina

It costs the NHS more for you to see a doctor and prescribe it than you just buying it yourself so YABU.

I can request prescriptions online.
man’s nhs procurement is more expensive than over the counter? Well that’s something they have to work on?

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You’re just going to have to get on with it. I need very expensive daily eye drops (preservative free) that I can’t get prescribed on the NHS.

I get recurrent Thrush due to a kidney condition that means I lose a lot of sugar in my urine. If I don't catch it quickly I have to take two doses 7 days apart. I've just been today to buy two generic fluconazole capsules and they were £2.50 each. I probably do this once or twice a month and I view it like buying paracetamol or Gaviscon. Once you've had initial investigations to determine the underlying cause there's no need to see a GP again I'd have thought?

Hi, considering you get it quite often, ask the doctor if there are other treatment options (like long term fluconazole etc).

It must be wonderful to be an endocrinologist in the UK where you can browse long Mumsnet threads in a Tuesday afternoon.

I thjnk OP means regular treatment. I've been on it weekly for a year a few years back and weekly for 6 months. Soon after stopping it I had another infection so hoping I don't have to do another 6 months of it.

Can you try another doctor? That's ridiculous thrush makes my life miserable

Shame. I manage to get my thrush tablets prescribed, hopefully OP can do the same. Hopefully you continue getting on with your eye condition

Annoying. In Scotland you would get it free.

I need to look into this, I pay 6.99 per pill at the chemist

NHS won't prescribe for thrust treatments, along with a whole list of other minor ailments. Go the pharmacy and buy the inexpensive treatment.