moving abroad with asthma question
i have had a diagnosis for asthma for about two weeks now and am on two different inhalers. it's not acute asthma but i need to take my inhaler everyday.
in about two weeks i'm moving to the usa for 10-12 months but i don't understand how this is going to work with my asthma. i'll have health insurance and travel insurance, but i don't know what this covers, how i'll get my prescription, whether i'll have to pay for one in the us??
i was talking to a friend and she said that during university she asks her local doctor to give her a prescription that covers like 3 month stints until she can come back. if i did this i'd probably end up with 8 inhalers needed
i have been messed about by the nhs sooo much at this point with regards to getting possible vaccines/boosters that it turns out i had had but weren't on my register. this process took 2 months and toward the end multiple receptionists at my gp/nurses had given me a hard time about them not having enough time like girrl
does anyone have any advice? can i ask for a multi-month prescription from my gp? (i'm under nhs wales so if you're from england let me know before i look for stuff that might/might not have relevance)
in about two weeks i'm moving to the usa for 10-12 months but i don't understand how this is going to work with my asthma. i'll have health insurance and travel insurance, but i don't know what this covers, how i'll get my prescription, whether i'll have to pay for one in the us??
i was talking to a friend and she said that during university she asks her local doctor to give her a prescription that covers like 3 month stints until she can come back. if i did this i'd probably end up with 8 inhalers needed
i have been messed about by the nhs sooo much at this point with regards to getting possible vaccines/boosters that it turns out i had had but weren't on my register. this process took 2 months and toward the end multiple receptionists at my gp/nurses had given me a hard time about them not having enough time like girrl
does anyone have any advice? can i ask for a multi-month prescription from my gp? (i'm under nhs wales so if you're from england let me know before i look for stuff that might/might not have relevance)
Reply 1
I'm not sure how prescriptions work from a doctor in the UK to how it would work in America. How it would transfer. I think it can transfer but I can't confirm or deny. I think whichever doctor you would see in the United States can see your medical records if you sign a release. Then you'd find a pharmacy in the states to get your prescriptions through and there's so many independent pharmacies, drug stores, department store and grocery store pharmacies that take many different kinds of drug coverage. Doctors can still write for multi month prescriptions as well.
Best of luck and welcome to America!
Best of luck and welcome to America!
Original post by catchrylie
I'm not sure how prescriptions work from a doctor in the UK to how it would work in America. How it would transfer. I think it can transfer but I can't confirm or deny. I think whichever doctor you would see in the United States can see your medical records if you sign a release. Then you'd find a pharmacy in the states to get your prescriptions through and there's so many independent pharmacies, drug stores, department store and grocery store pharmacies that take many different kinds of drug coverage. Doctors can still write for multi month prescriptions as well.
Best of luck and welcome to America!
Best of luck and welcome to America!
Yeah, there is no way in which it would be possible for UK GP records to be visible to doctors in the US... Those records can't even be accessed by hospitals in the UK...
OP, bring multiple inhalers with you and if you have any hospital letters about your asthma and the treatments you take for it, bring those along so you can show them to the doctor in the US if you end up seeing them. If not, see if your GP would be willing to provide you with a letter about this (you would likely need to pay for this). Personally, I would try and just get enough inhalers to last the trip and only see a doctor in the US if I was unwell.
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Reply 3
Original post by black tea
Yeah, there is no way in which it would be possible for UK GP records to be visible to doctors in the US... Those records can't even be accessed by hospitals in the UK...
OP, bring multiple inhalers with you and if you have any hospital letters about your asthma and the treatments you take for it, bring those along so you can show them to the doctor in the US if you end up seeing them. If not, see if your GP would be willing to provide you with a letter about this (you would likely need to pay for this). Personally, I would try and just get enough inhalers to last the trip and only see a doctor in the US if I was unwell.
OP, bring multiple inhalers with you and if you have any hospital letters about your asthma and the treatments you take for it, bring those along so you can show them to the doctor in the US if you end up seeing them. If not, see if your GP would be willing to provide you with a letter about this (you would likely need to pay for this). Personally, I would try and just get enough inhalers to last the trip and only see a doctor in the US if I was unwell.
thank you! do you know if should go to a gp or phone the pharmacy to ask for multiple inhalers?
Original post by Anonymous
thank you! do you know if should go to a gp or phone the pharmacy to ask for multiple inhalers?
Probably best to speak to the GP
Reply 5
Original post by black tea
Yeah, there is no way in which it would be possible for UK GP records to be visible to doctors in the US... Those records can't even be accessed by hospitals in the UK...
OP, bring multiple inhalers with you and if you have any hospital letters about your asthma and the treatments you take for it, bring those along so you can show them to the doctor in the US if you end up seeing them. If not, see if your GP would be willing to provide you with a letter about this (you would likely need to pay for this). Personally, I would try and just get enough inhalers to last the trip and only see a doctor in the US if I was unwell.
OP, bring multiple inhalers with you and if you have any hospital letters about your asthma and the treatments you take for it, bring those along so you can show them to the doctor in the US if you end up seeing them. If not, see if your GP would be willing to provide you with a letter about this (you would likely need to pay for this). Personally, I would try and just get enough inhalers to last the trip and only see a doctor in the US if I was unwell.
I learned something new. I didn't know how medical law worked in the UK. So if I lived in Scotland and I got hurt in England, my Scottish doctor couldn't see what the English doctor wrote. If I'm understanding correctly. In the States, if I got hurt...say in Florida...I'd have to sign a release and my doctor in Texas could see what the doctor in Florida wrote but I'd still need to get record of the injury at my doctor in Texas.
Original post by catchrylie
I learned something new. I didn't know how medical law worked in the UK. So if I lived in Scotland and I got hurt in England, my Scottish doctor couldn't see what the English doctor wrote. If I'm understanding correctly. In the States, if I got hurt...say in Florida...I'd have to sign a release and my doctor in Texas could see what the doctor in Florida wrote but I'd still need to get record of the injury at my doctor in Texas.
If you got hurt in one part of Scotland and went to hospital there, doctors in a hospital in another part of Scotland (let alone England!) would not be able to see what they wrote about you. It's because different hospitals use different computer systems rather than because of any laws (as far as I'm aware).
Reply 7
Original post by black tea
If you got hurt in one part of Scotland and went to hospital there, doctors in a hospital in another part of Scotland (let alone England!) would not be able to see what they wrote about you. It's because different hospitals use different computer systems rather than because of any laws (as far as I'm aware).
I thought you guys had privacy laws like we have in the states. I can understand different systems, tho.
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