Posted by utopizen on November 18, 2002, at 16:37:02
In reply to Re: How do I let me doc know I'm not joking this t » utopizen, posted by Squiggles on November 18, 2002, at 15:50:39
> Then you agree with me that the appropriate
> prescription is a uniform practice - you only
> disagree with "what is the appropriate prescription";
> but if you say that benzos are most likely to
> be prescribed by any sane doctor, you are
> contradicting yourself.
>
> SquigglesI'm afraid I do not agree with you at all.
I was trying to explain that the range by
which what a doctor prescribes is much
broader in its spectrum than you
appear to make it out to be.When it becomes illegal is when, let's
say, a doctor is giving out Desoxyn
(methamphetamine HCL) to patients
for stomach ulcers, when none of their
peers are doing that.But fewer than 1% of stimulant prescriptions
are for Desoxyn for ADD... and this is still
within the spectrum of according to
peer trends. And benzos, well, that's
not even close-- way more benzos
are given out than Desoxyn, since
Desoxyn is one of the least prescribed
drugs in the country, and benzos are
among the most.So if you think giving a benzo for
anxiety is out of peer prescribing
trends, certainly you would think
Desoxyn is out of peer prescribing
trends, and in that case, how come
doctors who give out Desoxyn to
ADD patients aren't arrested?
poster:utopizen
thread:128043
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20021116/msgs/128166.html