Kevin Don't "fire" your doctor if you have liked him up to this time. Good doctors are hard to find and the fact that you are being asked to come in before he will renew your rx again could be another sign of being a good doctor. Have you called back to ask if you can have a one month supply? Have you asked your pharmacy to call and ask for a one month supply?
All of us need to be proactive in our medical care and be aware of the date that our RX expires. Doctor's and Pharmacists change their protocol due to laws and law suits. My husband lets his prescriptions run out then goes through the pharmacist and the typical answer is "Jim, your doctor renewed this for one month. She wants to see you - Now!" His doctor will not renew his meds again without blood work and she has to strong-arm him to come in. 38 years of marriage and I haven't changed him yet! I hope you aren't in such poor health that you need an ambulance to take you to your doctor's office. I thought you were buying a walker to allow you better mobility outside and fighting you condo assoc for a better parking place. Has your condition worsened or do I have people mixed up. If I do, I'll blame it on my meds! I hope you get this resolved soon, it can't be good for you. Patti - (maybe I should mind my own business?) ---- Kevin Wolfthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ============= Hi Natalie, I am sorry that your doctors cannot help you. Unfortunately that is my situation also, EXCEPT for the blood pressure medication. And it took me about 3 years to get the proper combination of BP meds, Vasotec and Metoprolol, to regulate my BP. I happened to like this doctor until now. I also understand that they are obligated to see patients periodically. But did he have to cut off my medication completely to strong-arm me into making an appointment? All they had to do was call me and tell me he has to see me. I will make an appointment, and use an ambulance to get there probably. My Mother's doctor calls her when he wants to see her, and if she tells them she feels fine, they accept it. They don't just cut off her prescriptions. This is criminal and unconscionable, and I will probably fire this doctor after I get my medications. Take care, Kevin Natalie Boyles wrote: > Hi Kevin, > You need to do what I am going to do - stop going to the doctors > unless I am dying. And, then, I guess I will not need them. I do not > think they can help some of us. Just the way it is. So, I will go only > when there is no other option. I will go for thyroid blood test, > perhaps a mammogram and if I get so sick I think even a doctor could > not do more harm. These are the only reasons. > > You need to go to someone and get your blood pressure meds though. Or, > maybe they goofed there too and you really do not need them. The > doctors almost erroneously put me on them. Thinking about doctors and > tests and apptments is bad for ones health. Unless of course the > doctors can help. In my case, they evidently cannot. > Natalie > > On 6/18/07, *Kevin Wolfthal* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > Sandy, > > I wonder if my doctor would be legally liable if I get sick because I > couldn't come > in and he refused to refill my blood pressure medication? > > I think the doctors got together and figured out a way to milk out > some moe > of our insurance money. > > > > In case there's any doubt, I don't trust the medical > profession. For those > who are happy with their doctors, you are very lucky. > > Kevin > > >
