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Posted by glenda the good on April 17, 2010, at 8:20:18
Hi everyone,
Here's my story. My old pdoc retired last year. I was taking Nardil at one time under him, and have recently started again after washing off of Prozac. So I'm looking for a pdoc that is comfortable prescribing it.
I had an appointment with one a few days ago. She's willing to prescribe the Nardil, but she obviously isn't familiar with it at all. She told me that I couldn't eat bananas while I was on it; when I told her it was banana peels, she didn't really believe me. This was based on something she'd just printed out off the internet. She gave me a copy, which I stuffed in with my papers, and when I pulled it out later, I read "banana" on one line, "peels" on the next.
She also told me that Nardil is a category C drug, which means that I CAN'T EVER get pregnant if I go on it. That's not exactly what the 'C' means, but maybe she was just trying to simplify it and/or scare me off?
I don't have a lot of confidence in this one, but I feel like my options are limited. Should I just stick with her because she'll prescribe the Nardil? At what point does this become "doctor-shopping"?
Posted by pedr on April 17, 2010, at 8:54:10
In reply to New pdoc and MAOI, posted by glenda the good on April 17, 2010, at 8:20:18
Very good question Glenda. I also had a quack PDoc who knew *nothing* about all drugs. He even had the temerity to instruct me to write a "precis" on Nardil "as an educational piece" for us both. i.e. he was so lazy and incompetent he wanted me to do his job for him. And then pay him $200 for 25 minutes of his "expert" time.
Surprisingly I stuck with this guy for 2 years. It was mainly exactly because I knew more than him about most drugs and could suggest what I liked. Therefore it is indeed a conundrum you find yourself in. I think it depends on how confident you feel in managing your own treatment and how much control you can exert over this clown. If you're nervy about Nardil (I'm not but plenty are) then you might want to shop around. Else I say stick with her.
Just my 2d,
Pete
Posted by Phillipa on April 17, 2010, at 11:08:23
In reply to Re: New pdoc and MAOI » glenda the good, posted by pedr on April 17, 2010, at 8:54:10
Kind of agree with above. Phillipa
Posted by evenintherain on April 17, 2010, at 12:26:42
In reply to New pdoc and MAOI, posted by glenda the good on April 17, 2010, at 8:20:18
Petr makes a good point. If you are confident you know what you are doing and just need your doctor for her prescription pad, go ahead.
Personally, I like my doctors to be smarter/have more expertise than me. I know online sources can be very helpful and provide a ton of useful information. But I'm still not a doctor who has years of experience and training, who can maybe understand things and see connections that I can't and has access to resources that I don't. If they aren't familiar with many drugs, fine. But if they aren't then willing to do the research to add to their knowledge and help me, I question their motives for being a doctor in the first place.
Posted by Phillipa on April 17, 2010, at 20:06:42
In reply to Re: New pdoc and MAOI, posted by evenintherain on April 17, 2010, at 12:26:42
Excellent point. Phillipa
Posted by conundrum on April 19, 2010, at 15:28:18
In reply to New pdoc and MAOI, posted by glenda the good on April 17, 2010, at 8:20:18
You've taken it before and know how it works so I don't think there is a problem. Most doctors these days don't have any idea of how Nardil works anyway. You probably would know more than most you would meet with.
My grandmom had to have a surgery and come off nardil but no one at the hospital including the surgeons or the anesthisiologist knew anything about it.
If you know it works I would stick with it.
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