How many people only get 1 month HRT at a time?

[KatyMac]

Is it a rule?
Is it by area?

It seems a bit shortsighted

Plus I can only order 7 days before it's due, which with weekends etc means even with their 3-5 working days turnaround I get it on the day I'm due to put it on whichbis frustrating

That's crazy. I get 6 months at a time which reduced to 3 months during shortages. The boxes come in a 3 month supply so the pharmacist must feel this is a real pain having to split the packs.

I get 8 patches (4 weeks) at a time
60 days Utrogestan at a time
1 tube of Ovestin cream (approx 20-30 doses, twice a week)

Patches I can only order 4 working days in advance. They will send to my pharmacy within 2 days and I pick up the day after. I can put a note on the repeat prescription request to say a patch fell off so I need a couple of days early (I did it once so I always have one spare patch incase of delays getting new prescription)

I get one box per repeat, plus four boxes of estriol cream per repeat. I have asked for more than one box of patches but I'm told there are still shortages!! (Evorel 100)

I don't think anyone tracks my orders particularly, though if I need them for a holiday I just put a note on to say I'm ordering early.

I'm on evoral conti so I wonder if it's shortage?

But one month and if there is a bank Holiday or imbunder the weather and stay home I can't get it in time

The default seems to be a month but I emailed the prescription team at my GP surgery and asked for a 2 month supply and they were happy to do that.

That's for Lenzetto spray btw.

Mines haywire I got 9 months worth of two items on my HRT prescription, utrogestan I ordered it and got 6 months worth of it. Gel that’s either a 3 or 4 month supply I noticed a pattern and some doctors prescribe it in different quantities at my surgery.

I use the gel . Always got 3 months

I get 2 months. Haven't had a supply issue for ages.
It's really annoying remembering to reorder. Luckily the prepayment certificate means that this no longer hits my pocket

Yes mine only ever give me one month of gel which is really bloody annoying as it feels like I'm always ordering and picking up prescriptions.

Getting one month of something I'm likely to be on forever, makes me feel like I could die any minute and at least they'd only have wasted one month of meds

I get six months at a time but I have to have an appointment each time, they won’t give me a repeat prescription.

My practice is giving me the run around with this kind of nonsense at the moment. It was fine till I turned 60 and now I'm having to jump through hoops

I'm so glad I don't. I'm seriannoyed mine has been reduced from 6 to 3 months. A woman I know can only get 2 weeks at once.

I got three months each time for ten years, then last time I bought an hrt prepayment and the doc signed off six months so if that's the new norm I don't need the prepayment as it'll be the same.

I do wonder if there is an actual reason for it

I get 3 months