TY - JOUR AB - DOI: 10.1177/1755738017724182 Looking after your own health You are a GP trainee in a busy city centre practice. You suffer with have to be an absolute last resort. You feel compelled to carry on chronic back pain, which can be severe and requires regular anal- working and continue to take the pregabalin. You are fearful of gesia. One day you are suffering with acute back pain while at work weaning off the pregabalin, as recommended by your GP. You are and phone your own GP to ask for a pregabalin prescription. This worried you may become dependent on it. 1. What factors affect the appropriateness of prescribing analgesia has worked well for you in the past. You decline assessment, as you following a telephone consultation rather than a face-to-face would struggle to take time away from the practice and persuade review? your GP over the telephone to issue a script. You restart the prega- balin and find it very effective, although it does make you feel dizzy. 2. Who could you discuss your conversation with the practice man- ager with? Much later you discuss your pain and the side effects of the medi- cation with your practice manager as TI - 10 Minutes JF - InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice DO - 10.1177/1755738017724182 DA - 2018-06-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/10-minutes-dhFAdezOc6 SP - 341 EP - 341 VL - 11 IS - 6 DP - DeepDyve