Patients sometimes order and receive medicines with no intention of using them saying they are too afraid of “upsetting the doctor” to stop receiving them. “An elderly gentleman was receiving Viagra 50mg every month, only because he was too embarrassed to say that he didn't need it or use it any more. When he brought them back, I couldn't bring myself to calculate the cost of how much medicine had been wasted - there were more than 30 boxes!”
Blaenau Gwent Pharmacist
Please remember that although prescriptions are free to you, the average prescription item costs the NHS £9 . Only order what you need.