UK Prescription

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[ofonorow]

Good to hear from you and that you are off cardiac drugs. Congratulations! If you care to share any more about your experience, we would appreciate your report.

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[BaronZemo]

At one point I felt like I was tripping on the NHS, night hallucinations and literally dragging myself out of bed in the morning fatigued and aching.

Are you sure you were not auditioning for a remake of "the Prisoner" as a female replacement for Patrick MaCgoohan (sp) ?

the Clopidogrel and commenced Vitamin E. There was another side effect I had been experiencing for several months.. hair loss!

Sounds more like a torture chamber than a hospital.....
I was wondering, in the UK, and europe for that matter, can you buy vitamins at the store, or is it only available if you get a prescription from a doctor?

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Are you sure you were not auditioning for a remake of "the Prisoner" as a female replacement for Patrick MaCgoohan (sp) ?

Yeah, right! I guess drugs and I don't mix.



[/quote]Sounds more like a torture chamber than a hospital.....
I was wondering, in the UK, and europe for that matter, can you buy vitamins at the store, or is it only available if you get a prescription from a doctor?[/quote]

I really can not complain about our UK NHS and hospitals, did not mean for our national treasure to come across as a torture chamber (Heart Disease is a "challenge" chamber), It's a free health service, paid for through our Tax contributions. They also send you to cardiac rehab where you do your hour exercise then lectures on food and low fat diet - sadly, supplements are not recognized as part of nutrition lecture. What did crack me up at the end of one session, the nurse said have a biscuit with your cupa tea! My reply: it's full of hydrogenated fat which clogs arteries, why do I want a biscuit? Nurse reply: You are taking your statin aren't you? .........Since when did a statin cover you to eat crap?

I envy the people who can sit on the conveyor belt and pop the Statins, BP, NSAIDS, Beta Blockers pills with little to no side effects. I've tried it and cried on it "one size does not fit all". IMHO, I have every respect for our Doctor's, Nurses and Consultants, it's just a shame that their sentiments towards Vitamin supplements have been dulled due to insufficient clinical research vs Pharmaceutical products.

Unable to comment on the whole of Europe (I take my supply with me). You can purchase vitamins in the supermarkets / chemist shops, would not like to vouch for their quality and additives. I find it strange that you have a good product like Solgar.co.uk, site owned by Boots herbalist, I assume this is another branch of Boots chemist, yet I have not see it in the their shops!?! You can not get all vitamins on prescription, perhaps these will be cut due to cut backs in the future, who knows?

[BaronZemo]

really can not complain about our UK NHS and hospitals, did not mean for our national treasure

I am sure it is light years ahead of the wretched US health system. americans have been thoroughly brainwashed on the evils of a government backed health system, they would rather continue to get an overpriced ineffectual healthcare.. The way some of the people responded to the possibility that we would get a government backed healthcare system in complete hysteria was a cross between comical and embarrassing. The NHS under the worst conditions is better than the Us system under any conditions.

[w6nrw]

Hey BZemo, are you familiar with the quality of American government people?

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[BaronZemo]

[w6nrw]

Prior to WW2, in the U.S., companies/corps did not offer health insurance at all and few of us
even thought of buying health insurance (targeted socialism). The way it worked --and,
in my view, it worked very well-- we bought care the same way we buy groceries.

Of course when a populace becomes weak, socialistic properties become attractive.

[Lemonaid]

If everyone had to pay out of pocket for healthcare prices would take nose dives like they have in many cosmetic procedures and laser eye surgery.

As long as it's "Other People's Money" rates will continue to go parabolic.

The other western nations can afford universal healthcare (somewhat... they are going broke too!) because they don't spend more on their military than just about the entire rest of the world combined. We protect them so they can lavish their people with "free healthcare".

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[BaronZemo]

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And all wanted to do was kindly inform any UK participants that they could possibly get some of their supplements on prescription......

One day, who knows - perhaps all the powers that be can learn and adopt other countries good working practices, for the common good of it's own citizens. Wouldn't that be a nice concept.