Posted by Lou Pilder on May 10, 2012, at 16:54:49
In reply to I hate these anti p-doc messages, posted by emmanuel98 on May 9, 2012, at 19:07:42
> My p-doc gets paid $115 (including my co-pay) to see my for an hour for therapy and med help. He has never discounted my complaints about side effects. He has tried everything reasonable. When he runs out of ideas, he sends me to a consultant who specializes in meds. He doesn't speak at dinners for pharmaceutical companies. He says he is not perfect on this, since he does attend the dinners, but he tends to ask a lot of questions and sometimes the speaker gets annoyed. He's a great, ethical guy with a ton of clinical experience. I realize there are bad p-docs out there, just like there are orthopedic surgeons happy to fuse your spine when evidence suggests this makes things worse, and oncologists happy to put you on a $100,000/yr drug that might extend your life by two months.
>
> My experience, both with my p-doc and with p-docs I've seen in hospitals and for consultation, is that these guys and women are trained to listen and be empathic. They do the best they can with drugs that don't always work or don't always work well.
>
> I hate this anti p-doc stuff on babble. Most p-docs want the best and try the best. The problem is that little is understood about the brain and mood disorders.emannual,
You wrote,[...most p-docs want the best and try the best...littls understood about the brain and mood disorders...].
I am unsure as to what you are wanting to mean. If you could post answers to the following, then I could have the opportunity to respond accordingly.
A. What is the criteria that you used to determine that most p-docs want the best, and the best for who? (whom?) and what is the criteria that you use to determine if a p-doc is trying his/her best?
B. If a p-doc is trying their best, would one thing be to disclose to their client that there are people that claim that there are faiths, such as Judaism that could give one peace and joy without taking mind-altering drugs?
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:1017459
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20120508/msgs/1017652.html