luckyg
11 Answers
ROMOS
Pharmaceutical companies make big bucks!
Click the link>>http://www.examiner.com/article/how-prescribing-habits-of-doctors-are-influenced-by-big-pharmaceutical-marketing
| 12 years ago. Rating: 15 | |
lambshank
We have fairly strict laws, doctors are for the most part responsible, and monitored for "over prescribing" my own doctor has to get government permission to prescribe any heavy duty medication, things have changed here over recent years and the days of doctors handing over whatever requested are gone, the medication now needs to be justified
| 12 years ago. Rating: 14 | |
Ducky
The drug companies get richer while the patients who say "yes" to taking all of them, end up with chronic illnesses, as a direct result of too many prescriptions. I wish that doctors would suggest a natural remedy FIRST, such as eating properly and exercising and quitting smoking and perhaps losing 100 pounds. That might help and there are no bad side effects.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
Ann
Most doctors are influenced by big pharmacutical marketing.and write prescriptions in exess of what is actually needed. There schould be a national database about every physician writing prescription drugs, More people die from prescription drugs and medical mistakes, than from accidents, murder,surecides and illegal drugs every year. Pharmacutical drugs always only treat the symtons and not the cause. Alternative medicine is 100% safer.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
Shootah
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Bob/PKB
My dad had a doctor who would prescribe something for him whenever he went in with a problem. The doctor didn't ever try to figure out WHAT was wrong and how to CURE his problems, just gave him crap to cover up the symptoms.
Soon, my dad was taking nearly a dozen different things (this included his BP, diabetes and cholesterol meds) and was walking around dizzy, disoriented, and nearly nonfunctional. This guy owned a business and needed to be alert and sharp.
I called the pharmacy and inquired about the plethora of drugs, finding out that many of them were not compatible with each other. (Why the pharmacist wasn't on top of the RX load bothers me to this day).
Next I called the doctor and questioned him about his choices in treating my dad with all that different stuff. He tried to answer my questions, but as soon as he realized how deep the water was (and it took him awhile), he refused to talk to me and promptly hung up.
We got my dad to a 'real' doctor, and he was prescribed the medications he needed and treated for the ailments rather than the symptoms of his other issues.
SO, to answer you question, a doctor prescribing too much TO AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT could be responsible for the death of that patient. (Think Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, etc.)
| 12 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
I personally think age should NEVER be an issue in medical care (ie too old).
I meant what I said and I said what I meant
A person's a person, no matter how old.
Chiangmai
Daisy!
If the patient dies the doctor can go to prison, you have to be able to prove he was at fault. He can lose his license for 6-12 months. It's very hard to go after a doctor. In the USA they are treated like God's.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 3 | |
doolittle
LISTEN UP PEOPLE: Medical Doctors are humans who went to Medical School. That's it.
If you question your accountant, auto mechanic, waiter/waitress, plumber, kid's teacher, the why in the world wouldn't you question your doctor?????
Human's make mistakes. They get 'too busy' to keep up with all of the new information in their field. They want the 'noisy' people to quiet down, the angry ones to calm down, and the snivvelers to stop snivveling. (If a pill or 10 different ones works they'll keep prescribing).
It's hard work being a patient- we all want to feel better (AMEN) and we want to be able to trust that the MD has our best interest in mind. Though I think many MD's think they are doing what's best for us it's OK to ask questions and it's OK to say NO, or I'd like more info. first!!!!!!
| 12 years ago. Rating: 1 | |
A year later, at the same point in my second pregnancy, I went for my 7 month doctor visit. Just a conversational visit, and I was told to continue as I was. I reminded the doctor that a year earlier, I'd had a preemie. Had I not reminded him of something I felt he should have known, he wouldn't have done a more intensive examination and discovered my cervix had already begun dilating. Medication and bed rest delayed my next baby's birth for 7 weeks, and my healthy baby went home with me the very next day. We have to be proactive with our health care. Doctors have hundreds of patients...it's our responsibility to speak up. ALWAYS.
