Posted by rvanson on February 5, 2005, at 12:41:17
In reply to Getting off the pdoc merry-go-round, posted by Optimist on February 4, 2005, at 10:50:52
Funny you should ask this but here goes:
I am currently dropping my insurance down to a more affordable plan without a drug benefit.
After my last Pdoc played around with my request to use a Nardil regimen that helped me in the past, and watching as drug company salesman were sitting in his waiting room 80 percent of the time when I had an appointment, and he let them ahead of me, I have had it with Pdocs for the last time.
They are have become little more then drug pushers who care more about drug company kickbacks, then helping their patients get well.
Life is too short to keep begging these people to use medications that work, not the latest psych med that costs 3 dollars a pill and is loaded with side-effect that render it useless.
Overseas meds are cheaper and they dont have an additude that these college trained "professionals" have towards a lay person who knows something about thier little racket.
-Rant mode off-
> I've wondered if many people here have contemplated taking their medication regimands in to their own hands. I've seen a few people here that have ordered meds over the net without prescriptions. They're ordering meds either because their pdocs can't or won't prescribe them. It seems there is a lot of needless suffering that occurs which is sadly unfortunate.
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> I have to offer a disclaimer here first. I am not advocating or suggesting people bypass their pdocs. I think it can be very dangerous... a little bit of knowledge... There are probably just a select few that should really consider this option. I imagine I would possibly think of self medicating if my pdoc wasn't so liberal and understanding.
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> So... any comments, or personal stories to tell regarding your own self medicating?
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> Brian
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