Posted by rjk on July 18, 2002, at 12:21:08
In reply to Re: Anyone ever tried to sue a psychiatrist? » rjk, posted by fachad on July 18, 2002, at 9:15:35
I agree with what you are saying, but the joker who prescribed me that combo had only seen me once. I was no where near either suicide or treatment resistant and he knew that I had previously had good results with Remeron on its own, but it had brought me out in a rash.
For someone who is truly treatment resistant, then I can accept what you have said.
I have looked into the background of this combo and there have been no clinical trials whatsoever. All I am saying is that psychs should be a bit more responsible when it comes to prescribing combos of drugs and when they do, it should be closely monitored. I do not believe that telling someone to increase the dose by post is a very responsible attitude to a comination of drugs without clinical trials.
> Sure, people are always suing each other for all kinds of things, and psychiatrists, like all physicians get sued frequently. People wonder why docs charge so much - well, part of it is to pay for malpractice insurance.
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> Is the Effexor + Remeron thing the only basis of your lawsuit?
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> No matter how bad your reaction, I don't think he would be considered at fault, because that combo is fairy common and works for many people.
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> Is their something else that he did that makes you think he has been so negligent that he needs to be sued?
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> Sometimes if a doctor has really been negligent, a lawsuit is appropriate. But excessive lawsuits hurt us all in two ways.
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> First, treatment costs go up to pay lawyers, judgments, and malpractice insurance.
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> More importantly, docs are less inclined to go "out on a limb" to help patients. Imagine if there is someone out there who is on the road to suicide, and the only med combo that will help them is Remeron + Effexor. But because your pdoc is still stinging from the lawsuit, he is reluctant to prescribe that combo.
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> I don't know the important facts of you situation, but I would encourage you to think this through before you act.
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