Neocate prescription

Do you always have to go back to the paed that prescribed Neocate once you have a prescription/number, or can you get your GP to do it? As I need some more neocate but I can't afford to go to the paed before we're going to need it... so yeah if my GP can prescribe it that would be helpful... anyone know? I know that the paed said his prescription is for a year, but he keeps writing it out 2 or 3 months at a time

The GP will give you the scripts up til when the year or 6 months I think it is now?? I just phoned up, picked it up & dropped it at the chemist.

I'm going through the process of renewing our authority at the moment & I think it's all done through the GP ??? The nurse rang me the other day re the script & she was filling out a questionnaire according to the reception that I spoke to. I haven't run back to find out the full story.

Lucky, I rung my paed and they said I had to come in, I think they just want my money lol so we're going on Monday. Ill ask the paed if that is really the case as the receptionist didn't really seem to know.

Yeah we pay through the nose for him haha

I guess they love their money, I think that you should be able to get your repeat scripts from your Dr, we do go see the hospital paed every six months but we just ring up the GP for the actual scripts once the authority number is given.

Our paed is private but he still forwarded the authority number to our a gp as well as a report on what he had found with our son, you might want to ring the gp and see if they have the number before you pay for an appointment you don't need.

wiggly_jiggly he is expensive aye. our first appointment was over $200 then the next few wore $100, then they put it up twice. I haven't been back since they put it up the second time, especially cos it was even more expensive cos we now live in Rotorua so were travelling all that way for a 5 min consultation. I am just going to take Oliver to the doc next week and see if he can re-prescribe it for him, and hopefully he can get some RAST tests too through him

YOu can definitely get RAST & Skin pricks ordered through your GP, that is how I got them done.

We already had the number from the pead, but it has run out. the pharmacist said that the GP can just re apply for the subsidy number after you have already had one.

BriAndOlisMum I know what you mean, first appointment was $220 and then $120 each time after, for all the follow up appointments we have been in and out in like 5 minutes, and you feel guilty to ask too many questions as its clear he's rushing you through. At the beginning we had to go each week for about 3 weeks then every few months, luckily we don't have to go again now till tests at 1 year.

However I dont mind the money spent as Im eternally grateful because he helped us figure out what was wrong with DS and things changed dramatically after that but still, its sooooo expensive and they really shouldn't rush you through like that