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Well, my doctor has known me for…. Yikes! It’s been 28 years. Geez, I’m getting old. Anyway, medical records pretty much take care of both the ID and the diagnosis, so I don’t really understand that part. Unless it applies to those who don’t have a regular doctor and have to rely on the walk in clinics. The clinics don’t prescribe narcotics as a general rule, but if you don’t have a doctor they sort of create a file for you, if you always go to the same one, so I guess they might make an exception.
The pharmacy has known me just as long as the doctor, though I think there is only one of the original employees from way back then left. Most of them do ask for my ID, just as a formality, but when they are really busy or they know I’m in a hurry they just grab my pills for me.
If they start cutting people off because they forget to get their prescriptions filled, I’m gonna be screwed. Though I think my doctor is beginning to understand that forgetting my meds doesn’t mean I don’t need them.
It’s not so easy to have multiple doctors to get multiple prescriptions anymore, since doctors are in such short supply. But I guess some people still do it somehow.
As for getting health care in Ontario, it depends on your situation I guess.
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