Posted by bearinthewoods on February 1, 2013, at 16:56:34
In reply to Re: Importing meds not available in US, handling docs » bearinthewoods, posted by brynb on January 31, 2013, at 14:53:11
Thanks for the tips. Right now I'm working with a low cost clinic where the GP consults with a pdoc and can then prescribe, while I can transition to a new doctor. The GP keeps saying that she's legally bound to only prescribe things that are available in the US. I find this really odd because probably half of the clinic's patients are immigrants (many illegal) and I wouldn't be surprised if they imported medicine from back home from time to time. I guess in most cases a "subsitute" is good enough, but it's more crucial in the land of psych meds. The doctor said she'd have no problem with it if I could somehow jet off to Europe and get a huge supply, but I don't know if she'd be on board with me ordering stuff "illegally".
I guess the situation is just kind of bad now since it's the GP at the low cost clinic. I just was wondering how others dealt with it and if people had tips for figuring out when docs are going to be cool about it in advance. The reason I'm having so much trouble getting a doctor right now is that they often will refuse to answer any of my questions and look at a quick rundown of my case beforehand, leading them to charge me like 500 dollars for an intake where they decide it's not worth their time to treat me and refer me to someone who will refer me to someone else :(
Thanks for the moclobemide tip, that really was at the bottom of my list. I'm mostly looking to try the tianeptine and amisulpride for now, since on paper they seem like a great fit for my symptoms (chronic stress/depression and severe anhedonia). In the past I've only responded to Zyprexa but no other APs, but I tend to be more optimistic about them due to the fact that I had luck with Zyprexa.
poster:bearinthewoods
thread:1036974
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20130124/msgs/1037081.html