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Re: Are the drugs that we're taking killing us?

Posted by greywolf on May 29, 2009, at 17:40:47

In reply to Re: Are the drugs that we're taking killing us?, posted by garnet71 on May 29, 2009, at 17:10:59

> I don't feel like watching the video, but for the discussion, I'd say doctors are more likely to kill us than the drugs. Psychotropic treatments need to be managed effectively, and that's not happening as much as it should be, and sometimes hardly at all. Our policies and health care system contribute to deaths as well. I think it's a lot more complex than saying drugs cause death. They do sometimes, but so does food (i.e.: peanuts can kill someone with a peanut allergy) and lots of other things....Handguns kill too, but a human being has to be operating it.
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> Doctors need to be more intensive with patients, imo. I've been prescribed many meds, and never was warned of anything with the exception of addiction with benzos. Oh-there was one-one doctor who I tried once and never returned to said simply "call me if you get a rash", but that's the most I've heard about adverse effets from a doctor regarding psychotropics. He didn't tell me you could become severely ill from and even die from the reaction that causes that rash-I looked it up on the internet, but refused to take the drug with that kind of management.
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> 2 cents

I'm not sure that you can generalize from that experience. At every single monthly visit, my psychiatrist discusses the extent of my compliance (he wants to know off the top of my head what and when I'm taking meds to see if it is consistent with his directions), quizzes me regarding side effects, reminds me of the Parnate dietary restrictions and interactions, even asks what the pharmacy is charging me for my prescriptions. No refill prescriptions allowed--he goes through each med and what I need at every visit.

Every two months or so, we go over my blood work and I answer about 50 lifestyle questions related to my VNS. He then discusses the progress of my CBT. Then, my GP and my CBT therapist get summary reports concerning how I'm doing.

He's about as thorough as they come. I have to imagine that there are a lot of other psychiatrists out there who take things equally seriously.

Greywolf


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