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Omelet[_7_]

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:49:58 -0600, Omelet wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> they probably are sharper at drug interactions, especially if you have
> multiple physicians.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Exactly. Thanks. :-)
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