Getting the Most From Your Repeat Prescription
How to keep regular medication running smoothly, avoid last-minute panics, and let your pharmacy do the remembering for you.
What a repeat prescription is
If you take medication regularly, your GP usually issues a prescription that can be dispensed several times before you need a new one. Managing those repeats well is the difference between a calm routine and a stressful scramble at the worst possible moment.
Let us track it for you
You do not have to hold all of this in your head. We can keep a record of your regular medicines, know roughly when each is due, and flag when a new prescription is needed from your GP. Many people are surprised how much mental load this quietly removes.
Ordering ahead the easy way
Order when you have about a week of medication left. You can call us, drop in, or ask your GP to send the prescription electronically by Healthmail. We will have it checked and ready for collection, right up to 9pm on weekday evenings.
- Order with roughly a week to spare
- Tell us about any changes your GP has made
- Collect on your way home, or send someone on your behalf
The best time to order a repeat is when you have about a week left, not the morning you run out. Give us that small buffer and we can handle everything, including chasing your GP, without you ever going without.
Blister packs for busier lives
If you take several medicines, or you are helping care for someone who does, a weekly blister pack organises everything by day and time. It makes doses far easier to keep track of and much harder to miss. Ask us whether it would suit you.
A quick medication review
From time to time it is worth sitting down with a pharmacist to look at everything you take together, including anything bought over the counter. We check that it all still fits, that nothing clashes, and that you are getting the most from each medicine. It is free and it takes minutes.
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Our pharmacists at Abberley Court, Tallaght, open until 9pm Monday to Friday. This article is general information and is not a substitute for personal medical advice.
