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In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:20:10 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > (Steve Pope) wrote:
> >
> >> jmcquown > wrote:
> >>
> >>>That's the trouble with "medical people". They aren't the be all, end all
> >>>simply because they went to medical school. At some point you have to
> >>>step
> >>>up and ask WHY are you giving her all of this?!
> >>
> >> When I got up to I think nine prescriptions, I took a hard look
> >> at all of them and decided I could quit two. I'm about to taper
> >> off one more.
> >>
> >> While it's clear that a person might be validly prescribed 9,
> >> 15, or 30 medications, it's also clear that they can't all be
> >> equally important. It's reasonable to figure out which ones
> >> are least important.
> >
> > I have an easy way of determining which medicines are least important.
> > It's those thousands of medicines that the doctor has not yet prescribed
> > for me. I'm on nine meds now, two non-prescription. Why would I drop
> > any of them unless I didn't need them anymore, or their risk increased
> > to more than their value?
>
> doctors may not be gods, but it seems to me to be foolish to disregard
> their advice, at least on the basis of 'there are too many prescriptions!'
>
> your pal,
> blake

I'd trust a pharmacist even more.
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