Posted by Althea8869 on January 30, 2004, at 15:36:32
In reply to Re: experienced docs and pharm companies » Althea8869, posted by Penny on January 29, 2004, at 8:48:55
Penny - your points are very well taken. In point of fact, I am a very strong supporter of the pharm/biot-tech industry as a whole (partly because my portfolio is bio-tech heavy) but more importantly because of the awesome responsibility they have. I believe far more federal spending(in the form of R&D) should be provided to many areas of research in the pharm/biotech industry - I would certainly like to see more money going into psych disorders and the search for a greater understanding of the role of neurochemicals in depression/anxiety/etc. Personally I think we are off base. But I digress.
I guess my main point ,Penny, is that a more established pdoc is in a far better position to know when to push back the pharms and when not to. Candidly, the doc that I mentioned before - I personally disagree with his methods. I believe that structural abnormalities in the brain - when they can be fixed or helped, in a timely manner, with specific medications, should be. Period. That notwithstanding, the body of evidence that he has to support his claims are quite incredible - unfortunately most supplemental based cures can and will take as many as 6 months or more before noticable improvement is seen. Having suffered now for the better part of fifteen years, I simply dont have that kind of time. The doc that im seeing now is actually quite young, but he is very open to letting the patient take an active part in the decision of medication(s). That, for me, has been one of my primary requisites for a doc.
Anyway, sorry to ramble Penny - and I think its great that you have a doc that you hold in such high regard - I truly belive that you stand a far better chance of success in treatment, when you are in a situation like that.
All the best...
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