03-25-2019, 08:57 PM
Someone on a different forum entirely said their relative who is a GP told them: "5 years ago I would have advised you to tell your GP anything and everything. But with the way they're cracking down on opiate prescribing and denying it for any little thing, don't tell them anything about problematic drugs/medications that you don't have to." Not the ***** you smoke on weekends, not the ****** you got from an online pharmacy, not the ******* your sibling gave you because you couldn't afford the co-pay to see your GP and get your own prescription. And not the SSRI's that you took many years ago but aren't in your record because you've changed doctors twice since then.
What I'll be doing is knowing everything I can about what I'm ingesting that isn't from my GP and what possible things they might give me for my complaints. Do I need a new PPI? They don't need to know anything. Am I a candidate for an opiate painkiller? They don't need to know I was on Prozac for a few years or that I have been using my post-surgery left-overs while I waited to see them. Am I on my way to ER in immense pain and spewing blood? They need to know everything.
What I'll be doing is knowing everything I can about what I'm ingesting that isn't from my GP and what possible things they might give me for my complaints. Do I need a new PPI? They don't need to know anything. Am I a candidate for an opiate painkiller? They don't need to know I was on Prozac for a few years or that I have been using my post-surgery left-overs while I waited to see them. Am I on my way to ER in immense pain and spewing blood? They need to know everything.