Posted by rvanson on February 5, 2005, at 14:05:51
In reply to Re: Getting off the pdoc merry-go-round » banga, posted by Optimist on February 5, 2005, at 10:37:34
> I was thinking of people who shop online for >drugs like Selegiline, Amineptine, etc... or >people who can't find a doctor that will >prescribe them MAOIs due to ignorance or >extreme conservatism. MAOI_Chairman comes to >mind in that respect. He had to order Parnate >over the net without a prescription when no >other doctor would give it to him. According >to him he's made tremendous improvement.Bingo!!
These sad-sack Pdocs will try anything in the book to avoid Dx'ing meds that are deemed more difficult to use or involve more paperwork.
In my experiences, these include, but are not limited to:
1. Benzodiapines (Xanax)
2. Stimulants (Addderal)
3. MAO inhibitors (Nardil)No, its much easier and more profitable to keep prescribing SSRI's, or other "safer" meds, even when the patient has already had failed past trials on these very same drugs, then listen to the patient and precribe something that may indeed help a person to lead a somewhat normal life.
IMO, by law, Pdocs ought to have a notice plastered on the wall in thier waiting rooms as to which meds they wont DX, no matter how lousy the patient is doing in their mental state.
I wont hold my breath waiting.
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