@NicciS 

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NicciS

Tecfidera break- advice

Hi- my hospital have made a blunder and 'forgotten' to release my prescription to the company who deliver my Tecfidera. The hospital can't get the prescription signed until next Wednesday (because there's so few pharmacists in a hospital...!) by which time I'll have run out of Tec. I've been trying to sort this out for a week, I'm so cross. Anyway, I'll be on holiday by next weds so I'm not going to receive the meds till at least 5 days later so I will have been off Tec for 5 days. Anyone know what I can expect? Any side effects from not taking it? Or from having a break and then going back on it? And is there any value in dropping down to one a day now so that there is still some going through my system every day rather than taking normal dose until weds then nothing at all for 5 days?
@Stumbler

@niccis , this is unforgivable and the hospital should be falling over backwards to rectify their oversight! Try contacting the Hospital's Patient's Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) department and see if they are able to expedite a resolution. There's e-mail and faxes these days, so resolving this is not beyond the wit of man. Otherwise, the cutting back to half dosage seems a reasonable alternative. But, discuss this with your MS Nurse first.

@NicciS

My husband has ranted loudly enough on my behalf whilst I'm at work and the hospital have agreed to put the tablets in a paid for taxi to bring them the 20 miles to my house. One less stress for today!