General Chat

I'm also on BP medicine, have been for years.

As everyone else says ................ it doesn't matter if you miss 1 day. Even 2 days could be OK. But it is important NOT to take more than prescribed dosage next day.

I've missed a day here and there, plus had major time problems when travelling overseas .............. Canada for example is about 19/20 hours BEHIND NSW in Australia. That's usually more than 1 day behind by the time I take all my prescriptions when we've gone down under.

Thankyou for all your replies.
Its a worry when you live faraway. Doctor I think either changed her tablets or prescribed something else and forgot the BP prescription!
Because it wasn't her usual meds she took them straight back on Saturday.Shes very stuck in her ways and doesn't like change.

Yes Sharron, her worrying will cause more of a problem.
Manage to reassure her this morning but I know come tomorrow morning she will be panicking.Said she would get a taxi at 7am to GPs and I said it doesn't open til 8.30.
Thesedays she has no patience and commands things to be done when she says jjump!

Anyway hopefully surgery will sort it and her BP will be fine.
Thanks for all your advice
Florence in the Hebrides

PS shes good at taking her meds daily as she has a very rigid routine.

Missing one will do no harm. As others have said, do NOT double up the next dose.

Andy

Who forgets to take his all the time.

Sometimes Chemist will.do dosette box for one weeks supply of meds days are on the top hope not speaking out of turn here but they did my Dad's. They are very handy Barbara x

Your Mum will be alright tell her not to worry x the meds are in her system . If she can't get perscription chemist will help until Mum gets sorted as they have done already don't double up x Has your Mum got a dossett ? Barbara

Yes she will be fine, as Rollo has said she must not double up to compensate.

As others have said, she’ll be fine.

If she is getting muddled, might it be worth suggesting her daily medication is delivered in dosette boxes? The GP has to give the initial request to her chosen pharmacy. They (ought) to be able to apply for repeat prescriptions automatically in a timely fashion.

It doesn't matter.
What is more important do NOT double up following the missed day.

You can no longer expect the same "brand" of a prescribed medicine. Patients will just have to get used to it - purchasing drugs in this way is avng the NHS a lot f money.

I wouldn't mind betting she survived with much higher blood pressure before they were prescribed so she will survive a couple of days.

Worrying about not taking them will probably cause more damage than not taking them.

Does anyone know if one day of BP tablets are missed, will it have serious consequences?
Mum waited for her repeat prescription to be delivered but it wasn't the normal meds so she took them back to Boots.
Only problem was, it was a Friday and they couldn't get hold of GP.They gave her 2 tabs.One for Sat and 1 for today.
She will ring surgery tomorrow and sort it out.But she doesn't have a tablet for 7am tomorrow.
If she manages to get another prescription by lunchtime, will it affect her not having taken her med at 7am ?
She was very distressed last night telling me about the mix up although I haven't managed to work out what really happened and she cant remember when she ordered them.
Mum gets terribly muddled sometimes.
Ive reassured her that being a little late tomorrow taking it shouldn't affect her as I was trying to keep her calm.
Any body on BP meds who has ever missed or been late taking a tab, advice please would be good.
Thanks
Florence in the hebrides