The joys of the NHS for you, eh. There’s been loads in the National Press about medical shortages of many commonly prescribed drugs the last few months. All comes down to increased cost.
I find it’s amazing. Certain brands of decaff tea get me so I stick to one all the time I’m that sensitive yet I’m expected to swallow any old brand of Propranolol. The GERD consultant told me the medicine content has to be exact but it’s the filler that differs and can cause problems. Like you I think of people who have some visual/mental impairment.
For what it’s worth a peripatetic pharmacist told me that’s not allowed. Anybody should be able to request and obtain an actual physical prescription (written on real paper which I know you like me are old enough to recall) that they can take to any chemist of their choice, in his very words (in the outer Hebrides if you like). After all what would happen if you were suddenly called away to another part of the country to care for a dying relative. Chemists won’t issue a double prescription to take away. With Propranolol size varies according to brand and also according to strength. I take a 60mg dose. Nobody makes 60mg pills so it’s 40 + two 10mg tablets and if I have two different brands on the go its almost impossible to tell the strength by size. Very easy to take a double dose. Not the best option with betablockers! Helen