Posted by Squiggles on April 9, 2006, at 14:14:12
In reply to Re: Blind Faith In A P Doc » Phillipa, posted by gardenergirl on April 9, 2006, at 13:14:03
> > Seems after MRI's ordered by the neurologist that my cervial spine is narrowed and can create paralysis if in a car wreck. but when i told the pdoc about my sytoms he wasn't interested and said that's not my specialty it must be anxiety.
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> Um, Phillipa. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you told your pdoc. But cervical narrowing would not be related at all to a pdoc's speciality, so I think his response makes sense.
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> > Hence I do not have respect for the ones I now know. And the last study I read said psychiatrists have the highest rate of suicide among doctors. So is it because they do or do not take meds?
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> I don't think that it's quite that simple, but that's for another discussion.
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> About your original post, though. You asked why do people come here if they are going to listen to their pdocs. Well, I come here as well as use other resources in order to be an informed consumer of health care services. I think it's the patient's responsibility to the best of their ability to have some knowledge about treatment in order to make an informed decision.
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> And as others have said, physicians do indeed know a heck of a lot more about how the body works and how medications can interact with the body and other substances than I certainly do. I don't expect my doctors to know everything about everything off the top of their heads, but I do expect them to consult references and to be thoughtful about treatment decisions.
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> I would not take it upon myself to know that taking Drug A might increase Drug B's blood levels, and thus might mean I need to lower drug B. I would expect my doctor to work with me on this based on my report of what I know...how I feel, and his/her knowledge of medicine.
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> It's a team effort, not a competition of who knows more or who knows best.
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> ggI think it's a team effort too, given that
a team is available, in these hard times.Squiggles
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