Is A Prescription Required To Purchase Pain Medication?

Posted on Thu, 7 Jan 2016

Question: Hi my gp has stopped seeing me as I've moved, I didn't realise until I asked for a long standing prescription, now I'm stuck as I can't get a new g.p for a week and I'm in pain

Answered by Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta (1 hour later)

Brief answer....explained below
Detailed answer...
Hello,
Thanks for the query.
I have read your query and understand your problem.
Under the present circumstances where your GP is not available for writing the prescription,the best is to go for the pain killers which are easily available and don't require any prescription. You can either try tablet paracetamol which can be taken one tablet 3-4 times a day or you can take tablet ibuprofen 400 to 600 mg which can be taken three times a day. This should solve your problem.
I hope it helps,however you are most welcome to revert to me for any further query.
Best of luck
Thanks

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