Posted by notfred on October 9, 2006, at 14:08:27
In reply to Drug Cornucopia......???, posted by ronaldo on October 9, 2006, at 13:11:06
My impression is that there are a few people here who do not get their meds via a doc and script. By far the majority do.
In the states lots of people see a psychiatrist and it seems a greater range of meds are used here in the US than the UK. There seems better access to a psychiatrist in the US vs UK. This opinion is based on what I hear people from the UK saying, I have no first hand knowledge of the NHS.
People here tend to have significant problems so
since this is a med board, there are going to be more drugs tried and discussed.I do not have to wait till the next pdoc appointment to change meds. If something is not working out, I call and my doc calls me back and generally a new med is decided on and I either pick up samples or a script is called to my pharmacy.
Many people are on a work offered health insurance program, often a HMO. You pay ~ $25 to see a doc
and ~ $5-$35 for meds, some meds are higher. It is common for health insurance to offer better benefits for psychiatrists and less for talk therapies. Thus, HMO's emphases a medical treatment for MI, ie meds. Some people do not have as full coverage, ie does not pay for meds, and some have no coverage.
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