On Thu, 01 May 2014 10:29:05 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 5/1/2014 9:44 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > On 5/1/2014 9:04 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> I found her a geriatric specialist who <gasp!> made house calls. He
> >> took blood and urine samples, did lab work. The result? She really
> >> only needed *four* of the prescriptions, not the handful of pills she'd
> >> been taking every day, three times a day. Whew!
> >>
> >> Over-medicating seems to be a big problem, especially with the elderly.
> >
> > Really. It seems to be a common problem I have seen mentioned a
> > number of times. Best to ask questions and don't take something
> > just because the doctor said so, all of these medications have
> > side effects.
> >
> > nancy
> >
> Some people think because a person has a medical degree they're not to
> be questioned. If I hadn't questioned the gastric surgeon who wanted to
> remove half my colon I'd have had completely unnecessary surgery. When
> I told him I didn't have health insurance he sure changed his tune. I
> guess it's okay to bilk the insurance company but you can't count on a
> private payer. Heh.
>
Vets do it all the time to pet owners. Got cancer? Treatments in the
thousands of dollars. They actually make you feel guilty when you
tell them to make the pet comfortable. They wanted me to give my dog
chemo with no guarantee she'd get better, just expensive treatments
closer and closer together. I balked, so they gave her prednisone
which allowed her to have another really good/healthy year and gave me
time to wrap my mind around it. It happened just like the vet said it
would. She was fine one day and the next day I knew it was her time
to go.


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