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Folic Acid tablets prescription

  • 23-09-2019 2:00pm
    #1
    Patient11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭


    My Doctor gave me a prescription for Folic Acid tablets.


    I'm just wondering if prescription Folic Acid tablets are the same thing as you would get in a health food shop ?


Comments

  • #2
    locum-motion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    We haven't seen your prescription!
    (nor do we want to)


    There are Folic Acid tablets that require a prescription, and there are Folic Acid tablets that don't. It depends on the strength.

    Bring your prescription to the pharmacy. The pharmacist will sell them to you OTC if it's the OTC strength, or will give you the prescription strength if that's what the Dr prescribed.


    (Edited to add: DO NOT bring your prescription (any prescription) to a health food shop. Ever.)


  • #3
    Patient11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Patient11


    This the one I'm on.

    Its covered by the medical card.

    https://www.hpra.ie/img/uploaded/swedocuments/2206878.PA0126_057_001.94585457-3541-4b08-b9cc-38c06856b192.000001Product%20Leaflet%20Approved.180525.pdf


  • #4
    locum-motion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    Patient11 wrote: »
    ...Its covered by the medical card...


    Thanks.

    But if you have a medical card, I'm baffled - Why would you ever even have considered asking the question about getting your paid-for-by-the-Government prescription from a health food store?


  • #5
    Patient11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Patient11


    locum-motion wrote: »
    Thanks.

    But if you have a medical card, I'm baffled - Why would you ever even have considered asking the question about getting your paid-for-by-the-Government prescription from a health food store?




    You're missing my point.


    I wanted to know if I could of bought a similar product in a health food shop without having to go to the Doctor.


  • #6
    locum-motion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    Patient11 wrote: »
    You're missing my point.


    I wanted to know if I could of bought a similar product in a health food shop without having to go to the Doctor.

    A. It's 'have', not 'of'. Sorry for being a grammar nazi but that particular error really gets on my nerves.

    B. I don't think I am missing your point. I think you're missing mine.
    How would you have known that you needed Folic Acid unless you visited the doctor and s/he examined you and/or ran tests to see what you need and/or took your history and exercised their clinical judgement?
    Having done that, your doctor decided what you needed and issued a prescription. Prescriptions go to pharmacies, not health food stores.


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