A WOMAN has described the "anxiety-provoking" experience of having her husband's medication refused by their GP practice. Lynn McGhee has hit out at the Green Medical Practice at Clydebank Health and Care Centre after her husband was told he cannot be prescribed two types of medication following a heart transplant. It comes after we reported that the same practice stopped prescribing medication to a four-year-old girl .
The youngster's dad revealed they now need to travel to a Glasgow hospital to get tacrolimus - which the girl takes every 12 hours. Lynn has also spoken to the Glasgow Times following her husband Jamie's experience and to highlight the issue. Jamie, 64, suffered from a heart attack that turned into heart failure causing him to undergo major surgery last year.
Lynn and Jamie McGhee (Image: Newsquest) He is now on 11 medications, including tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). After leaving the Golden Jubilee Hospital following the surgery, his records and details were sent to his GP. However, once Jamie got home, the practice called to inform him they couldn’t prescribe tacrolimus and MMF.
Lynn said: “After the surgery, the hospital started him off with all the medications, they are really essential that you take them twice a day, 12 hours apart. “The next thing we got was a phone call from the Green Wing telling us that they couldn't prescribe the immunosuppressants. “The practice said they weren't willing to accept responsibility for prescribing.
