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The Cook

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:08:58 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

>Omelet > wrote:
>
>> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>>> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:20:10 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:
>
>>> > (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>>> >> 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!'
>
>Up to one-third of all medical treatment in the U.S. is unnecessary,
>and some fraction of that is actively harmful. A person with
>10 or more prescriptions who is not considering whether some
>of them are unneeded is, in my opinion, not taking proper care
>of themselves.
>
>>I'd trust a pharmacist even more.
>
>I'm often less than enthused with the consulting pharmacists
>at my provider. Furthermore, I have to pay $10 more per prescription
>to pick it up in person, so I am unlikely to physically talk
>to any pharmacists anymore.
>
>Steve

I live in a small town. There are 3 chain drug stores and 3 locally
owned. We could also get meds from by mail from Tricare. We go to
one of the locally owned stores. The present owner/pharmacist is the
second generation. He knows just about everyone who comes in the
store. I have seen him go out to a parked car to explain the
prescription to a customer.

The doctors here ask on every visit what medications you are taking
and some ask that you bring in all of the containers. There are signs
in the doctors' offices that say something to the effect of "know what
you are taking and discuss it with your doctor, that you are also
responsible for you health."

When you have medications from several doctors it is good to use one
pharmacy so they can check for adverse interactions.

I have a list of problems and surgeries that I have had and treatments
for other conditions. My memory being what it is it helps a lot when
I go to a new doctor and have to give a history. It occurs to me that
keeping a copy in my wallet would be a good idea.