Posted by Jerrympls on November 18, 2002, at 20:37:17
In reply to Re: So, I talked to my pdoc about opiates for TRD, posted by Alan on November 18, 2002, at 20:23:54
> Curious. If you tell your doctor that a medication helps tremendously, perhaps more than any other, why would an answer come back to the effect that waiting down the line for research results be a meaningful answer? Not meaning to be provocative but what does that have to do with treating you compassionately as an individual as opposed to a "case" or statistic? Or did I miss something from before? Sorry if I did.
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> Best,
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> AlanNo - you didn't miss anything. Very good question actually as I had pondered the same thoughts before and during my appt. I'm already being seen for use of an "experimental" treatment and he made that point along with not wanting to change too many things at once (I"m stopping one of my meds and raising two others). I'm also seeing a "research" endocrinologist in a month and my pdoc didn't want to mess with anything until we get some results from hormone,cortisol, etc tests.
So we'll see.....
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