Free pharmacy home delivery during Covid 19 restrictions
For vulnerable members of the community, Australia Post can now deliver your PBS prescription medications and essential supplies free of charge to you and the pharmacy. Might help those of us who are self isolating as much as possible. Can use the service once a month.
Med shortage thread
Given the current climate I thought we should start a thread so people can post if they are having difficulty getting any BC specific meds and their location to help others trying to track them down. Had a 6 month appt with my onc on tues and neither onc nor CNC said Zoladex or Femara were currently an issue and they feel both are common enough that Oz will have a good supply. For reference Femara is made in Switzerland and Zoladex in UK. I am on Gold Coast and filled a repeat last week with no indication of supply chain issues.
Should I be worrying about potential restrictions to medication access?
This thought pecked at me a little last night (because it had only just occurred to me) and then they spoke about it on the news this evening...Will restricted imports impact my access to life-saving drugs? Should I be stockpiling? That sounds so wrong, but I'm a little nervous as I have mets and this drug regime has been so perfect for me...Where can we get advice about this? I cannot even find where my drugs are manufactured. I realise I am catastrophising, which is very unlike me..
Tamoxifen & Thyroxine
I’ve been on Thyroxine meds (under active thyroid) for years without issues, but now with taking Tamoxifen, it seems things are not the same. Doc wants to monitor me for a couple more months before she changes things. My questions are , anyone out there taking them together? Or should I separate them ? And if separated which should I take in the morning & which in the evening? Doc was not helpful at all.
