Posted by Schuyler on July 3, 2002, at 6:59:11
In reply to Uncomfortable Visit with Primary Care Physician, posted by fachad on July 2, 2002, at 21:35:27
Handling your GP is an art form. Luckily, mine understands a little about anti-depressants, but even so, he would not prescribe Ritalin for me unless a pdoc did it first. And my last GP wouldn't prescribe 50 mg of Trazadone to help me sleep until a pdoc did it first.
I tell my GP what I am taking, but I don't ask his opinion about what the pdoc has prescribed. I'm paying the pdoc to do that.
As for the reputation of dexedrine and pain-killers, they're not very dangerous if you take them as prescribed. If you play by the rules, you have a *right* to be treated with the appropriate med, IMHO.
Schuyler
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