Posted by ricker on May 31, 2009, at 12:11:09
In reply to Re: I 've given up hope)frustratedmama)blueberry, posted by ihatedrugs on May 31, 2009, at 11:08:38
> So you mean to tell me that these doctors don't have a say in the matter.No, that's not what I said... they may have a say, just like we have a say. Point being, p/docs prescribe the meds, not create them? They can only prescribe whats available, nothing more.
> They just go by what the pharmaceutical companies tell them. They don't reflect on what their patients repeatedly complain about (which are the same complaints in this forum). Funny how if I survey every poster in this forum and ask them how many times they have switch obgyns, family doctors, or others vs. pyschiatrists the latter would win by a landslide.
Thanks for validating my point! P/docs require more support by way of medicinal options...plain and simple.
> All they do is push the next novelty drug hoping this one will do the trick.
Again, what else can they push?
> They are as clueless as we are. Yet how many of these psychiatrists have send a patient to get a complete and exhaustive lab work before they prescribe any medication. Mine surely (3 out 3) have never done it and they are supposed to be among the best.
My p/doc is not clueless, I'd even bet he's smarter than I.... he better be, I trust him with my life!!! A good GP should rule out all possible underlying condition prior to p/doc referral....unless there clueless too?
>So as far a psychiatry go, they are just not doing enough, seating behing their desks, waiting for the next pharm rep to bring them the next new cloned med from past years and hoping their patients like it.Once again, it's not in their job description to head over to the lab after work and try and invent a more effective drug.
>We need to demand better and more compassionate care. We need to let the pharmaceutical companies that they are not doing enough. We have to come out from the woodworks as incapacitated as we may feel and speak up loud and clear. Otherwise nothing is going to change.Bingo! we finally agree.
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