My mother had a stroke due to chemotherapy...shortly after her boyfriend, who happens to be a Dr., but not one related to the fields she was treated,started taking her prescriptions from her telling her he would fill them, but instead would take them home and change them on his own prescription pad.
2007-09-17 15:43:26 · 9 answers · asked by zizzy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
If he has her permission to modify the prescription, his actions seem extremely unwise but legal.
If he does NOT have her permission, he is intentionally interfering with the treatment as decided by her primary and herself. I don't know much about law, but endangering her recovery sounds criminal to me.
2007-09-17 16:21:20 · answer #1 · answered by TFV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is illegal in all aspects. If he is not her primary doctor treating her he can not prescribe any medication. There is a reason why her doctor is giving her certain med's. If they are not working you need to go back to the doctor. He may have good intentions but mixing drugs can cause serious problems for her. I am not sure what his reason is, but I would be very careful of what is going on. He may be changing the doses, or worse the actual scrip. You need to take and fill your mothers own medication.
Tips: When you go to the doctor write down all meds that he is giving her, along with doses, times, etc.
Go home and look at webmd to ensure that these meds are the best available and that there will be no drug mixing.
Atleast this way you will know if what her boyfriend is giving her is different and you can be proactive in the treatment of your mother.
2007-09-17 16:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by mnbengr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A physician can write prescriptions but in doing so should examine the patient. If that is not happening, then it is probably unethical.
I see no purpose served by rewriting the prescriptions unless some of the meds are painkillers and the boyfriend intends to change the prescription and take some of the pills to sell or to use personally for his own drug habit.
2007-09-18 12:15:04 · answer #3 · answered by BAL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds shady to me. I would find out what he is giving her and talk to her doctor. Why would he change the prescription? That is too bizarre and scary.
2007-09-17 15:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by kdbee40 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is legal...but hopefully he changes the medication for the good and not for the bad...it is really ok...When my doctor prescribe me some medications, I check it up and adjust something and replace something that's if ou know what you are doing...
2007-09-17 22:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he told her that he would fill then, but didn't, this would be unethical in the least. If he was profiting from this, it would be illegal. If he isn't an MD, he could be in deep doo-doo. Refer this problem to the local medical board for starters.
2007-09-17 15:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although it's legal, I would question his ethics & possibly report him to FDA, DEA and the AMA.
I also find this a bit unsettling.
2007-09-17 16:11:06 · answer #7 · answered by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what do you mean change them on his prescription pad?
2007-09-17 16:13:57 · answer #8 · answered by foofy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
completely agree ..... at the instant in essence a terrific variety of them are purely penpushingpillprescribers .......... the assumption could be to heal the guy as an entire and manage the source of the ailment and not the indicators i reckon. cheers ?
2016-10-04 22:22:25 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋