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In reply to the discussion: Why do we allow prescription drugs to be advertised and marketed? [View all]pandr32
(11,581 posts)We get five minutes with a doctor--tops. Half of that time he/she is reading the chart that was just picked up from the slot outside the door in order to familiarize themselves with our health (recent tests if any and their notes from last time) and diagnosis, and just who the f**k we are. Then they check what medication(s) are being used and ask how we are doing.
If we ask about a medication at that point they very well may say we can try it and see how it works.
A look around the office usually indicates lots of gifts from pharmaceutical sales reps.
It is usually up to us to determine whether a new medication is working or not. It is self-reporting.
This is not good health care. I remember a different reality not all that long ago--before health care became corporate.