Perscriptions and insurance. Pharmacy problem...

[kirbsam]

A per my ENT "It aint that difficult to diagnose an ear infection in a 1 year old"
If they cry and pull on their ear...they got one.
Treatment is the same, Antibiotic.
All ear infections are treated with antibiotics IF they are repeat "offenders"
I grew up with the same problem.
You like to use the word "irresponsible" alot. Careful how you throw your opinons around, they arent always..golden.
Oh, and the "over use of antibiotics" thing...
Our possible surgeon general, Dr. Gupta....has shown research that just might thwart that theroy.

actually, it is unethical, irresponsible, and probably illegal. it is best to keep covert actions that you do with with your doc, between you and your doc. otherwise, you find yourself defending wrong actions for a mere 20 bucks. in my eyes this is just another person cheating an already broken system and the honest ones are the ones who pay for it.

 

[QWOT]

Yawn...
Ok, YES we transport and just so ya know, not only am i a medic also, i was a combat medic.
So dont go there.
If you or anyone else do not think this is done REGULARLY, then you are naive.
Simple as that.

Typical hack fire medic. "If I do it, it must be OK." You're probably one of those "medics" who makes a chest pain patient walk down the stairs because you don't feel like carrying them and "they're all just drug seekers and whiners anyhow."

As for the combat medic bit, there's a reason that combat medics still need to take classes to be certified as EMTs (never mind paramedics) in the civilian world; I'll let you guess what that reason is.


I suppose I shouldn't be surprised when people use the pathetic "Everyone does it, so it's OK" excuse.

 

[Cindy F]

There seems to be an awful lot of sweeping generalizations in this thread.

1) I doubt this particular provider is the only one over prescribing medications in this country.
2) I doubt it is a "widespread" rampant practice
3) No drug is harmless

Yes, I have prescribed a few medications at the max dose and have told the patient they could take one instead of two if they could get by with it-there are not many drugs I would do this for, but yes it does occur. Yes, it is marked in the chart and yes it is marked on the bottle.

Yes, it is common practice to pre-prescribe medications for high risk patients in situations such as the one the OP is posting...for example- generally speaking, I do not require my female patients with a history of recurrent yeast infections to have an office visit for Diflucan.

Whether or not a patient must be seen to obtain a prescription, whether or not pre-prescribing is appropriate, and whether or not range dosing is allowed depends on the patient, the medication, the condition being treating, the patient's history, and the provider.

These types of decisions are highly individualized and can not be determined or second guessed by anyone on a internet chat forum whether they are a provider themselves or not.