Can a Doctor do this?

Question

First let me mention that my partner (this is her acct though) is a 11yr migraine sufferer. We came out of town to visit her mother. She started suffering a migraine & her meds were not working, so I took her to the ER. Now this is a small town. Not even 5000. The Dr. didn't even come into the hospital to check my partner but said he would give her such and such a medicine. I said no because it doesn't work for her. So we left the hospital with no availe, however she has gotten the proper treatment from this hospital in years past but they wouldn't give it to her this time. She hasn't been there in years. She gets relief from Nubain 10mg, Tordal 60mg, & Phenergan 50mg. Through trial and error this is what us and her family Dr. have found to work the best. The next closest hospital is 30min away. So when we got to her mothers, I called the ER back & complained some. The nurse suggested that I get ahold of her family Dr to call the ER. So I called the clinic &

I called the clinic where our family Dr. works and got the Dr. on call to call me back. She said she would pull my partners file then call the ER in this town. She called the ER to let them know that we were correct about the meds that work for me and she is not a drug seeker. The Dr. still refused to give it to her and refused to look at her past chart to see she has had this medicine before. Can a Dr. do this even with family Dr. permission? Thanks in advance to all.

She can't get the meds from her Dr. because one is a secondary narcotic & his practice does not allow for narcotic prescriptions but has no problem giving her a shot when she needs it. Her own Dr.s partner called this other Dr. So it's not like it should have raised any red flag. What was she doing wrong? Nothing

Answer 1

Yes. It's at the discretion of the treating physician as to whether med.s are warranted and if so, which ones. As for the doctor to doctor phone consultations, again, it's still at the discretion of the physician on site. Also, what's to say that the family doctor is actually a doctor at all? Case in point, am not a doctor, but I used to practice medicine, teach med school students and I used to review the charts of the physicians assigned over me, to make sure they themselves were actually practicing good medicine. It's been seven years since I practiced medicine and still, I can work circles around most of the clowns I've seen. Think I couldn't B.S. my way through a phone call?
My recommendation is to file a complaint with the governing authority over that E.R.. It will be reviewed by a staff of physicians for quality of care and making sure that the treating physician stayed within the standards of "norm." I will tell you, migraines are not considered life threatening and that because you opted to exercise your right to go against medical advice (walking out without treatment) you've kind of stacked the deck against yourselves.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I am surprised he would prescribe anything without seeing the patient because of all the laws and malpractice issues. In a community that size I also am surprised that the doctor wouldn't care a little more about the reputation and be willing to work with you especially when your regular doctor took the time to call. To give him the only benefit of doubt I can think of is he has had a problem with one of the meds you asked for so didn't want to prescribe it, but that's really stretching it. You say it has been years since treated at that hospital, depending on how long they may not have the records as they can destroy them after 7 years I believe. Personally instead of calling back to the hospital why not have your regular doctor call a pharmacy in the mother's town? I applaud you for standing up to the doctor, another example of really having to be your own advocate in our medical community.

Answer 4

In short...yes. A doctor is obligated to follow his training. Look at it from his perspective. Your partner has suffered for 11 years....why would she be in an ER? Why didn't she plan ahead and get the meds from her own doctor? Of course it raised a red flag. Cut the guy some slack. He was just doing what he thought was right.

Answer 5

trust me, they can and will do whatever they want and they dont care who calls, disagrees or complains.
-oh and phenergan is a red flag drug...usually when a person asks for a narcotic and wants it followed with phenergan, the doctors or nurses, get suspicious.sorry it sucks i know but force of habit.