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Originally Posted by possum220
Hi emily. Sorry to hear about your pain. I'm glad that your doctor has recommended a specialist for you to go to. When doctor prescribe a medication they are supposed to weigh up the the benefits against the risks before making that decision. They are doing it in your best interests.
I am highly sensitive to most medications. Especially those including acids. I had a very bad case of hives and my P'doc now asks me to check the medication to check its contents. I dont mind doing it at all when it stops me from getting sick. Recently I was told to take iron tablets. Normally if a person experiences a side effect it will be constipation. I had the opposite.
Given that there are thousands of medications on the market and a lot of possible reactions that each individual may or may not have, I think telling your doctor about your concerns is valid. However to continue to raise the issue when they have already not responded sounds like they dont want to listen. Our bodies are all so different in how they will process medications. Sometimes we will find ourselves up the creek through no fault of our own.
Please go and see this muscle doctor and get some relief. Maybe go and see another doctor just for a second opinion about what was prescribed for you and to be heard.
Is the some medical board in your country that might listen to your concerns?
I do hope the pain goes away soon.
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i dont have health insurance so even if i wanted to see another doctor i cant really afford it ,they would probably want to do tests like x-rays and things like that
do you think my doctor should respond to me? or is he allowed to just ignore me if he wants, like he can just give any antibiotics and hes not responsible for what happens?
the medicine is a common medication given to this problem so legally maybe he didnt do anything wrong
i am angry with him because he didnt tell me the risks of the medication or i personally wouldnt have taken it (even if the medicine is common and maybe most other people are fine with it)
so is he allowed to do that, to give me a medicine that most people are ok with but that personally i wouldnt be if i knew the risks?
i prepared a letter where it told him that i wouldnt have taken it if i knew the risks, that he shouldnt just assume im ok with it because its common and many people take it
even if the risk is small, i wouldnt have taken it
because my body reacts unpredictably to medicines and i dont want to take that chance
do you think that he should reply or do you think that its perfectly ok for him not to say anything?
i mean he was the one who gave me the prescription
it seems like they can just prescribe anything and if the patient has problems then they arent responsible and they can just send them to other specialists
even if the patient wouldnt have taken the medicine if they knew the risks