Doctors Prescribing Meds

[Ameriscot]

I was allowed home yesterday ,but the doctor just shrugged his shoulders no idea what may have caused the blackout :shrug:
he asked me if it was possible I had a seizure ? I've never had one before ..Thursday I have an appointment the have a heart monitor fitted for 24 hours

Take it easy. Hope you can figure out what happened so you can prevent it happening again.

 

[Dudewho]

I always look up and research a newly prescribed prescription. This particular new sleep med that I took is called Rozarem All drugs have the possibility of negative side effects for SOME people but not all. I have never seen ANY drug that didn't list POSSIBLE side effects. My Atrial Fib is called "Lone Atrial Fib" (no underlying heart abnormalities) and can be triggered by a wide range of things.

Lon,
Glad to hear you're feeling better, I was just wondering if you use the same pharmacy for all your meds? I would think that their computer system went automatically track for drug to drug or drug to conditioner interactions. But maybe I'm naïve.

 

[Don M.]

Lon,
I would think that their computer system went automatically track for drug to drug or drug to conditioner interactions. But maybe I'm naïve.

How closely a pharmacy tracks drug interactions, etc., is probably determined by how healthy their "bottom line" is looking. Pharmacies are, after all, just another part of the Prescription Drug Pipeline. I'm sure they are in a better position to answer a patients questions about side effects and interactions than most doctors...IF a patient asks....but if a prescription is just dropped off at one window, and picked up at another, they have no reason to check on a drugs suitability for a person.

 

[Butterfly]

My drug store (it's a Walgreens) DOES in fact check for interactions and will call you and let you know to go get something different from your doc. BUT, there's no way to tell if you are going to have a bad reaction to a certain new med because everyone reacts differently.

 

[Don M.]

I notice that there is a "new" warning in recent weeks on most of these Ask your Doctor TV ads. It goes something like..."don't take Drug X, if you are allergic to Drug X". Well, Duh, how is a person to know they are allergic to Drug X, unless they take some.

It's amazing how our societies have become "brainwashed" into believing that taking a pill will reverse years of poor lifestyle choices.