Posted by bleauberry on February 26, 2012, at 7:12:09
In reply to make a med worth complying with!, posted by linkadge on February 24, 2012, at 19:07:28
How about making the doctors compliant with the patient? I mean after all, set everything else aside, the whole thing is a for-profit business in most cases, and one has to consider..... who is paying who? As the paying customer, and a rather expensive service I'm buying, I expect great customer service....which includes listening to the patient. Now, if I am noncompliant, my doctor should be finding out why and fixing it rather than pointing a finger. Is my dose too high? A bad side effect? Don't like the numbing? Cost too much? Makes symptoms worse instead of better? None of those are the patient's fault imo.
One has to ask, if a patient is noncompliant, why is that? Maybe they fear psych meds don't lead to favorable outcomes? Maybe they can't live with the side effects? Maybe they are alcoholic, or for some reason otherwise distracted and don't care? Maybe some people would rather choose the lesser of two evils, in their perception, by co-existing with the disease rather than being under the umbrella of meds because they see the meds being more harsh than the disease itself?
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