do you ask if there a another older drug with similar effects and has been around for a while (with a safety profile) or do you take what he gives you? In other words, do you trust the new drugs out there?
2007-10-26 11:33:41 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Experience shows I should have asked that question. And I should have checked out the side effects before I took them. The illness would not have killed me, but the side effects almost did. Fortunately I realized what was happening and stopped taking them.
2007-10-26 12:03:26 · answer #1 · answered by Ray T 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Sage Seeker" answered what I was going to about the pharmaceuticals giving physicians incentives to use their drugs. Just let me add one thing I found out at my doctor's:
These physicians who are prescribing these new medications that the drug companies have "pushed" on them DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA what the cost of the drug is going to be to the consumer!
My Dr. gave me some samples of a new drug to try as a change from a drug I had been taking for awhile. I called my pharmacist about the price of the drug, because I had an idea that it was going to be expensive. (I know that none of the NEW drugs have any GENERIC substitute, and I don't have insurance.) Well, my mouth flew open when I heard the amount -- $197.00 for 30 pills!!! And I was to take one a day, every day, from now on!
When I went back to my Dr. for a checkup after taking the samples a couple of weeks -- for a blood test -- I told him what the cost would be. HIS mouth flew open, too!
Needless to say, we worked out another solution! So, always research the new stuff -- I even research the old stuff -- not only for side effects, etc., but for the cost of the medication. Let your physician know if you cannot afford it! The doctors do not pay anything for the samples they get. They are -- or should be -- willing to work with you!
2007-10-27 17:33:31 · answer #2 · answered by bundjean 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always double check the medications dosage, side effects
etc before I take any new meds. Slk, my daughter's doctor prescribed Ambien a few mo's ago for her insomnia and it has changed her life. She said she sometimes wakes up during the night but she is now able to fall right back to sleep in almost all instances. You need to tell your doctor that it doesn't matter whether he likes Ambien or not, that he isn't the one that will be taking it. You must not let your doctor 'bully' you into not taking something that will help you.
This medication can be habit-forming but not if taken as perccribed.....maybe this is his concern. I would definitely chsnge doctors. I hate to think that you are so miserable when you could be helped. Just speak up dear. xoxo eve
2007-10-26 12:00:24 · answer #3 · answered by Eve 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A few months after my honeymoon I came down with an eye infection. My corneas were going opaque. I had viral keratitis of the eyes. It was the result of my picking at a cold sore and then wiping my eye without washing my hands first. They had just approved a new drug called Herplex which was designed to deal specifically with my condition. I used it and it worked. No purchase of a cane, dark glasses and an assistance dog was in my future. I trusted that drug and I bless the doctor who prescribed it.
2007-10-26 12:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I used to just trust the doc...no longer. I was on Avandia, then Actos [both now black boxed]...and the other day was given a newer drug for pneumonia and had a severe allergic reaction on the way to work...Changed docs...and found out there were older proven, cheaper, safer drugs I could be on.
What happens is the pharmaceutical companies give the docs mega samples and incentives for distributing new drugs and then they pass them on patients. No more for this lady!
2007-10-26 12:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've been on a few of the drugs that have been taken completely off the market for one reason or another. One of them was for neurological pain...and was later found to be extremely dangerous. Now I question everything and read all available information. Will even ask my pharmacist's opinion on anything new and see how he feels...I've come to trust his knowledge as much as any doctor.
2007-10-26 12:49:09 · answer #6 · answered by night-owl gracie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt he'd think of you have been a druggie provided that modanifil (schedule IV) is theory to have much less ability for abuse than Adderral (schedule II) -- a minimum of in the U. S.. it rather is prescribed off-label for ADHD yet nonetheless has some cardiac possibility. yet another selection is Strattera, that's seen a non-stimulant, in spite of the shown fact that it additionally has possibility. each and every of the ADHD drugs have some stimulant-style effects, so none are rather "good" on your coronary heart, inspite of the certainty that issues that placed you in probability for coronary heart problems (extreme blood stress, extreme ldl cholesterol, etc) may be controlled with different drugs and way of existence variations. I recommend conversing on your surgeon approximately your concerns and exploring your techniques from there.
2016-10-02 21:17:58 · answer #7 · answered by boddie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have asthma and multiple chemical
sensitivities...so about 7 years ago I
began studying alternative health therapies. As a result, I stay pretty
healthy and use more natural supplements and herbs to heal me.
I drive my Dr. nuts because I ask him
what he "would" prescribe for me.
I tell him I want the names of 4 meds
and I will research them. IF I decide
I can take them, I will call and he can
FAX in my Rx. I usually never call.
2007-10-26 16:47:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am an insomniac, my doctor prescribed Rozerem. I went to Walmart to fill the prescription, which they did to the tune of $114.00, my insurance did not cover it, so I let them keep it. I called the doctor to send an "exception" form to my insurance company, he never did, when I called, the insurance company said they they approved Ambien and Ambien CR, my doctor didn't like these drugs and would not write and Rx for them. So I am still awake most nights or I sleep for one hour then am awake the rest of the night.
2007-10-26 11:42:12 · answer #9 · answered by slk29406 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I always ask for older drugs. I had a doctor that wanted to alway give me samples and I always look new meds up on the Internet. I finally changed doc. They give you meds. for heartburn that causes damage to liver, heart, etc. What kind of sense does that makes.
2007-10-26 12:06:49 · answer #10 · answered by Gem 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋