The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) kidney transplant patients can have their transplant medications posted to them, or dispensed in advance for pick-up from our pharmacy.
Key points
- This service removes the need for patients to wait for medications at the hospital pharmacy
- Kidney transplant patients can have their medications posted, or dispensed and ready for collection at an arranged time
- There is no extra cost for this service - we cover postage fees
- If you need an urgent prescription, come see us at the hospital so we can arrange one for you
What is the medication supply service?
This service is designed to help patients get their immunosuppression medicines more easily.
Patients using this service can leave their transplant medication prescriptions on file with our pharmacy and we will send or prepare medication repeats on request. This removes the need for kidney transplant patients to wait at our pharmacy.
There is no extra cost for this service and all other aspects of your care remain unchanged. We can also often supply more medication on a hospital prescription than you can get locally.
How to use this service
- If you are eligible for the home delivery of medicines service, provide us with a delivery address within Australia and your contact telephone numbers
- Request your prescriptions from your doctor as normal
- Leave your prescriptions with our hospital pharmacy and we will dispense them on request
Our pharmacist will prepare your prescriptions as you need them. They can be dispensed:
- By post to your nominated address in Australia (such as your home or work) at no additional charge
- Via the hospital pharmacy for pick-up at a time that suits you (without the wait)
Medications will be ready within 5 working days of receiving your request. Contact us if you need an urgent prescription.
We can only dispense and deliver your immunosuppression medicine such as:
- Tacrolimus
- Cyclosporine
- Mycophenolate
- Prednisolone
- Everolimus
- Sirolimus
- Azathioprine
Contact the kidney transplant outpatient pharmacist for help or if you have questions about your transplant medication.
We pay the postage for you.
The PBS co-payment will be invoiced with your medicines ($6.40 for concession patients, $39.50 for general patients per item).
We can often supply more medication on a hospital prescription than you can get locally.
Who can use this service
This service is available if you:
- Have had a kidney transplant
- Are being seen by an RMH-affiliated nephrology physician (in public or private practice)
- Have recent blood tests (from less than 4 months ago) available on our computer system. The request slip must have ‘cc RMHS’ on the pathology form but can be done in any pathology lab
- Have been taking the same medicines for at least a month
- Supply us with an up-to-date telephone number or email address
New repeats and urgent prescriptions
Request a new repeat prescription at your next clinic appointment and leave it on file with us.
If you are running out of your transplant medication:
- Contact us directly if you have an upcoming clinic appointment
- If you do not have a clinic appointment, contact the kidney transplant outpatient pharmacist by phone, email or post to assist
Urgent prescriptions
If you are running out of medication and require an urgent supply, please to come to the hospital where we can arrange and urgent prescription and supply it for you.
300 Grattan St, Parkville, Victoria
300 Grattan St, Parkville, Victoria