Scientists, lab technicians make drugs. they try them on animals and finally on humans. Just to find out what happens.
They send out millions of $ worth of free samples and instruct your local doctor to use this for X disease.
the doctor obliges.
But YOU need a perscription because YOU cannot SELF MEDICATE.
REALLY?
everyone self medicates when we skip a dose or take an extra or just don't finish it or decide that we feel better and we SAVE some for next time or the others in our family.
Why can't we just get a quick exam, punch in other symptomes and get a script from a computer program? all you need is a tech to take temp, vitals and there you go. lab work acn be sent out, if need be.
and the health costs go down. one system that keeps track of everything you are and have taken.
what would be so wrong. Doctors would still be needed for ooperations, broken bones and urget care, but small thing like this would really help. Don't you think?
Opinions?
2006-07-18 12:02:53 · 6 answers · asked by athorgarak 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
As for side-effects, they happen if the doctor prescribes them too, so no sale there.
the computer will have drug interactions noted and perscribe an alternative.
Abuse?
Well yes, It can happen, but what about having 5 doctors and getting hooked on 20 different medications?
The system of having doctors rule us in that way is FAR from perfect, too!
I have had doctors perscribe things that had my body acting like I had a stroke, and then falsify the records making it look like I disobeyed his 'orders'. Just so HE was covered in case of a law suit.
CYA, baby!
I mean if it written down by a DOCTOR it MUST be the truth, right?
2006-07-18 12:48:46 · update #1
i could not agree with you more. my mom gets free samples for everything and anything she can when she goes to the doctors. we really dont need doctors for the small insignificant things you mentioned above and i defintely agree it would drive the cost of healthcare down.
2006-07-18 12:06:56 · answer #1 · answered by Shyguy85 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over time the drugs will be so widely used like many drugs in the past will be placed on the shelf for the public to control. It just takes time to see what people will abuse and which they will not. As long as they can abuse the drug it will be kept safely lockup and only the doctor has the key. And this is how it should be.
People are not really as smart as they think they are. Sure a person is as smart as they come but the general public are not.
I read a statment before that said to take the warnings off things and let nature take care of it's self. People are dumb enough to buy hot coffee and dump it on them self and not know it is hot. Or touch a fan belt under a car hood while it is running and not have enough sence to know it will cut their fingers off. I really don't think the public needs to have one thing more that they don't understand.
Anyway people are not ready yet.
2006-07-18 19:17:10 · answer #2 · answered by Don K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horrible idea. You can't diagnose your own symptoms! Plus, there are a lot of medications that do the same thing but have different side effects and depending on you is what one you would have to use.
2006-07-18 19:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by Ann 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money makes the world go round, the world go round, the world go round...
Doctors and pharmaceuticals are far from being out of the vicious circle ...
Makes you think, and ask, who isn't ?
;^)
2006-07-18 19:09:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm
all the irresposnible person do that ..
responsible ones are not working in this way
but ur point is powerful but the fault is at our end as well
2006-07-18 19:10:36 · answer #5 · answered by sarah m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be a good idea, but you are always gonna have people who abuse a privilege and this is one that would definitely be abused.
2006-07-18 19:05:50 · answer #6 · answered by ladysodivine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋